The Herewoode Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leicester City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Herewoode Academy is a secondary school in Leicester for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Herewoode 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Year 7 2026 applicant was offered a place; 7 of the 18 other Leicester secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome also did so.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 142 first-choice applications for 184 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 6th lowest of 19 Leicester secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 42 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 53.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 39.8% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Leicester.
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
- Glenfield Road, Leicester, LE3 6DN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 979 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 142 first-preference applications, 184 offers in total, 142 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leicester.
- Brook Mead Academy 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beaumont Leys School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Castle Mead Academy 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Babington Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Fullhurst Community College 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Moat Community College 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rushey Mead Academy 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published