Avenue Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leicester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Avenue Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 April 2025. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Avenue Primary School 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, though places ran out in 2025, the one earlier year with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 44 first-choice applications for 46 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Avenue Road Extension, Leicester, LE2 3EJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 545 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 9 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Avenue Primary School.”
- “They have strong relationships with staff.”
- “This helps them feel safe and secure.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, teaching does not consistently support pupils who are ready for new learning to move on swiftly.”
- “This means some pupils do not get the depth of knowledge they are capable of.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 61% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 44 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 44 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 primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leicester.
- St John the Baptist CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Knighton Mead Primary Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Overdale Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Overdale Infant School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Medway Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hazel Community Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Evington Valley Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published