Catherine Infant School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Leicester
Ulverscroft Road, Leicester, LE4 6BY
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 19/11/2019
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.6%
16.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
378
Capacity used
Has space90%
420 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
83 of 83 families who put it first got an offer
91
Places offered
121
Total applications
1.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 83 | 83 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 23 | 4 | ● 17% |
| 3rd preference | 9 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 4th preference | 6 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 121 | 87 | 72% |
1st preference success by year
Leicester lets families list 4 preferences. 5 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Mitesh Madhaw
- Address
- Ulverscroft Road, Leicester, LE4 6BY
- Phone
- 01162625422
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Ward / constituency
- Belgrave · Leicester East
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 120002
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 15% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 85% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
378 pupils · 420 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
26 February 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained - 19
19 November 2019
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessEarly years Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 260 pupils
Attendance
94.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
5.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
16.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.