Knighton Mead Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Knighton Mead Primary Academy is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 March 2025. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Knighton Mead Primary Academy 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
- 33.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, unlike Reception 2025 when places ran out; 59 of the 72 other Leicester primary schools with a published outcome also did so.
- Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 27 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), but 0% 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
- Knighton Fields Road West, Leicester, LE2 6LG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 233 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 March 2025
Strengths
- “Knighton Mead Primary Academy is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “Staff have created a culture of high expectations, rooted in the school’s values of ‘be kind, work hard and strive for excellence’.”
- “Pupils typically achieve well.”
To improve
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in how well the early writing curriculum is implemented.”
- “This affects how well some pupils build up their early writing skills, including letter formation.”
- “However, in some subjects, staff do not adapt the curriculum sufficiently well enough to meet the needs of some disadvantaged pupils as well as some pupils who have English as an additional language.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 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) | 63% | 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, 27 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.
- Avenue Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Marriott Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Granby Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hazel Community Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Fields Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Montrose School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St John the Baptist CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published