Holy Cross Catholic School, a 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 🔒
Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Holy Cross Catholic School, a 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
- 44.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 33.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester.
- Reception 2026 drew 18 first-choice applications for 19 offers: 0.9 first choices per offer, the 12th lowest of 72 Leicester primary schools.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 59 of the 72 other Leicester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 45% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 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
- Stonesby Avenue, Leicester, LE2 6TY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 203 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Holy Cross Catholic School are happy and safe.”
- “They are proud of their school.”
- “They appreciate the support they receive from the adults in school.”
To improve
- “A significant number of Year 6 pupils did not reach the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics by the time they left the school in 2022.”
- “However, while they support pupils to read fluently, they do not use these opportunities to develop pupils’ comprehension skills.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 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) | 45% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 18 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.
- Marriott Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Eyres Monsell Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Montrose School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rolleston Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Granby Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Overdale Infant School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Overdale Junior School 1.2 mi School remains Good
- Knighton Mead Primary Academy 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published