Mowmacre Hill Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Mowmacre Hill Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 14 May 2025. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Mowmacre Hill 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, as at 59 of the 72 other Leicester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 25 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 53.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 41.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester.
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
- Tedworth Green, Leicester, LE4 2NG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 348 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 14 May 2025
Strengths
- “The school is a happy, vibrant and welcoming learning community.”
- “They are well supported by staff.”
- “They say these values help them to know how they should learn and treat others.”
To improve
- “In 2024, pupils’ published outcomes in the phonics skills check and national key stage 2 tests in reading and mathematics were low.”
- “This was mainly due to some pupils not getting the extra support they needed to address gaps in their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 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) | 53% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 25 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.
- Woodstock Primary Academy 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Beaumont Lodge Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Wolsey House Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Barley Croft Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Glebelands Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Buswells Lodge Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Heatherbrook Primary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published