Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary 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 🔒
Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 March 2023. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary 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 applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 59 of the 72 other Leicester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 24 first-choice applications for 24 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 11th highest of 72 Leicester primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 43% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure of 43% was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester that have results.
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
- Harrison Road, Leicester, LE4 6QN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 221 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, parents and staff are proud to be part of this caring and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils live up to the school’s values.”
- “They are ‘ready, safe and kind’.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, important knowledge is not as clearly mapped out.”
- “Pupils do not build on their learning in order to know and remember more over time.”
- “However, in some lessons, teachers’ use of assessment is not as effective.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 May 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) | 43% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 24 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.
- Rushey Mead Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mellor Community Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Abbey Mead Primary Academy 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Wyvern Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Catherine Infant School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Catherine Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- North Mead Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Herrick Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published