Highfields Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.714 miles
Published by Leicester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Highfields Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 5 November 2024. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Highfields 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 | 0.714 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.714 miles from the school, the 4th longest of 10 Leicester primary schools with a published 2026 Reception last distance.
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and the middle figure across those 10 Leicester schools in 2026 was 0.66 miles.
- Reception 2026 had 49 first-choice applications for 48 offers; 48 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% 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
- Pluto Close, Highfields, Leicester, LE2 0UU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 352 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 5 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils’ behaviour shines at Highfields Primary School.”
- “Pupils say that their shared rules and values are what makes the school special.”
- “On the playground they accommodate each other’s games with grace.”
To improve
- “However, there is more to be done to make sure that all pupils write fluently and accurately.”
- “However, some do not get the opportunities that they need to practise this until they become fluent.”
- “Sometimes, pupils who are at the early stages of learning to write are given tasks that are too hard for them to complete successfully.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 December 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) | 65% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 48 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.
- Uplands Infant School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy 0.1 mi Standards maintained
- Sparkenhoe Community Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Medway Community Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Charnwood Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shenton Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Spinney Hill Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published