Avanti Fields School
All-through · Free schools · Ages 3–16 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Leicester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: Not published
2025 figure 🔒
Avanti Fields School is an all-through school in Leicester for ages 3–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 April 2023. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Avanti Fields 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 | Not published |
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 99 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 39 first-choice families (39%) were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, 41 of the 155 applications (26%) came from families living outside Leicester; 13 offers went to them.
- The school had 1,236 pupils on roll in January 2026, with 11.1% eligible for free school meals and 18.8 pupils per teacher.
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
- 21 Bhaktivedanta Marg, Leicester, LE5 0BX
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 3–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Hindu
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,236 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this school.”
- “They describe the school as having an inclusive and accepting culture.”
- “Pupils have positive relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects in key stage 3, the curriculum is not as well developed as it is in other areas.”
- “Some pupils do not always effectively build on what they know as a result.”
- “However, there are occasions when the activities that some teachers choose do not precisely match the intended learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 58% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 99 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 213 first-preference applications, 185 offers in total, 167 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Leicester.
- Keyham Lodge School 0.6 mi Standards maintained
- Elmbrook School 0.9 mi Good
- Netherhall Mead Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Al-Aqsa Schools Trust 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Imam Muhammad Adam Institute School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Jameah Boys Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Jameah Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ash Field Academy 1.7 mi School remains Outstanding