Sparkenhoe Community Primary School
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 🔒
Sparkenhoe Community Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 February 2023. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Sparkenhoe Community 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 | 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 59 of the 72 other Leicester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome; in 2025, places ran out.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 58 first-choice applications for 58 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 11th highest of 72 Leicester primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
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
- Saxby Street, Leicester, LE2 0TD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 450 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils’ behaviour and conduct are exemplary.”
- “Pupils are exceptionally well mannered, courteous, hardworking and constantly eager to do well.”
- “The school’s values are deeply embedded.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, there are some minor inconsistencies in how well pupils remember what they have learned.”
- “However, there is more to do to ensure that this is fully understood and applied.”
- “In a small number of cases, there is confusion about where responsibility lies for some aspects of governance.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 March 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) | 68% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 58 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.
- Highfields Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Uplands Infant School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy 0.2 mi Standards maintained
- Medway Community Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Charnwood Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shenton Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Spinney Hill Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published