Charnwood 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 🔒
Charnwood 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 8 April 2025. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Charnwood 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 applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 59 of the 72 other Leicester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 40 first-choice applications for 40 offers for Reception 2026, with every first-choice family offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 5% 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
- Nedham Street, Leicester, LE2 0HE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 400 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this inclusive school.”
- “They form strong friendships across the different multicultural communities that the school serves.”
- “They show respect for each other’s beliefs, reflecting the school’s core value that, ‘Together we can.’”
To improve
- “However, for children in the early years, these high expectations are not implemented or realised fully.”
- “However, occasionally, the activities that pupils complete do not help them to develop a secure-enough understanding of grammar and sentence structure.”
- “However, at times, pupils’ misconceptions are not fully resolved.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 2025 (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: 40 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 40 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.
- Shenton Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridge Junior School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Highfields Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Green Lane Infant School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Taylor Road Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Uplands Infant School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy 0.4 mi Standards maintained