Fullhurst Community College
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leicester City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fullhurst Community College is a secondary school in Leicester for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 September 2023. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Fullhurst Community College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 181 first-choice applications for 233 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 8th lowest of 19 Leicester secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 52 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 35% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 39.2 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leicester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Imperial Avenue, Leicester, LE3 1AH
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,441 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 September 2023
Strengths
- “The vast majority of pupils are happy to attend Fullhurst Community College.”
- “They show positive attitudes to learning.”
- “These values underpin the strong relationships pupils have with staff and each other.”
To improve
- “Pupils learn about British values, equality and protected characteristics but they do not gain a deep enough understanding of these important topics.”
- “A small number of pupils do not behave as well as they should.”
- “These pupils sometimes disrupt the learning of others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.2 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 181 first-preference applications, 233 offers in total, 181 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leicester.
- Castle Mead Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Brook Mead Academy 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Herewoode Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moat Community College 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sir Jonathan North Girls' College 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lancaster Academy 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Beaumont Leys School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published