Heatherbrook Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Heatherbrook Primary Academy is a primary school in Leicester for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 March 2024. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Heatherbrook 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 59 of the 72 other Leicester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 12 first-choice applications for 12 Reception offers in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 16.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 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
- Astill Lodge Road, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE4 1BE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 150 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Heatherbrook Primary Academy enjoy the different opportunities that the school provides.”
- “They talk positively about the trips that they go on, including visits to London and the battlefields at Bosworth.”
- “They also benefit from a vast array of clubs and activities, including coding club and dance club.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not routinely provide pupils with work that will further develop their knowledge and understanding.”
- “Pupils do not always have the chance to deepen their learning.”
- “Pupils at risk of falling behind their peers do not always benefit from precise advice connected to the aspect of reading they find most difficult.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 May 2024 (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) | 56% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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.
- Beaumont Lodge Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Buswells Lodge Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barley Croft Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Glebelands Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mowmacre Hill Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Woodstock Primary Academy 1.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wolsey House Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published