THOUSANDS of children across the city will be offered a place at a primary school today, with 96% of Leicester children gaining a place at their first-choice school, and 99% getting a place at one of their top three preferred schools.
Today (16 April) is National Offer Day, when children up and down the country learn which primary school they will attend from the 2025/26 academic year.
A total of 3,740 on-time applications were received from families in Leicester.
Online applicants – who made up 89% of all applications - can to log on to the website and see their offers from midnight on national offer day, 16 April 2025. Emails will also be sent out on offer day, with letters posted out to the home addresses of all applicants within two to three days.
Cllr Elaine Pantling, assistant city mayor for education, said: “We know that starting school for the first time can be an anxious time for families, and our aim is always to take away as much of the stress from the process as possible, which is why we’re always really pleased that we manage to provide chosen school places for the vast majority of people who apply to us on time. We have made sure that, once again, no-one who applies on time is without a place.”
Only 38 applicants did not gain a place at one of their preferred schools. Families are strongly encouraged to use all of the four preferences they are entitled to when applying for school, as the main reason these families were not offered a place at one of their preferred schools was because they had made one choice only.