Rolleston 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 🔒
Rolleston Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (community school). Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Rolleston 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
- In 2024/25, 42% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, like 59 of the 72 other Leicester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 43 first-choice applications for 44 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
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
- Hillsborough Road, Leicester, LE2 9PT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 397 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud and happy to be part of this inclusive and nurturing school.”
- “They arrive in the morning enthusiastic and keen to learn.”
- “They have a sense of belonging to the school community.”
To improve
- “However, their achievement in reading and mathematics has been inconsistent over time.”
- “Nevertheless, this is not consistent and there is further work to do to improve outcomes at the end of key stage 2.”
- “However, this is not consistent and, sometimes, activities do not prepare pupils well for the next stage of learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2026 (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) | 42% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 43 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.
- Eyres Monsell Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Montrose School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Marriott Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Granby Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Knighton Mead Primary Academy 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Overdale Infant School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Overdale Junior School 1.9 mi School remains Good