Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Leicester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 November 2022. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Hope Hamilton CofE 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 60 first-choice applications for 60 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Of the 99 applications for Reception 2026, 17 (17%) came from families living outside Leicester, and 7 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 3% 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
- Sandhills Avenue, North Hamilton, Leicester, LE5 1LU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 454 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils feel valued, happy and safe in this inclusive school.”
- “Pupils behave well and enjoy their learning.”
- “They understand the clear expectations set out in three simple school rules, ‘Ready, Respectful, Safe’.”
To improve
- “Other alterations do not always help pupils learn when they disrupt the logical order of learning or include overly complicated activities.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 2023 (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) | 67% | 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: 60 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Kestrel Mead Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Falcons Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Humberstone Infant Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Humberstone Junior School 1.0 mi Outstanding
- Scraptoft Valley Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandfield Close Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Mead Primary Academy 1.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published