Thurnby, St Luke's Church of England Primary School
Main Street, Leicester, LE7 9PN
203 pupils · 94% of 215 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Trust
- RISE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Free school meals
- 10.3%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 14 April 2026, published 7 June 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 71% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 7% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.24 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 29 | 36 | 108 | 29 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 28 | 32 | 90 | 28 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 16 | 16 | 63 | 16 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 36 | 92 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 42 | 84 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 30 | 31 | 68 | 30 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 28 | 28 | 56 | 28 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 30 | 33 | 72 | 30 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Fernvale Primary School 0.9 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy 0.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Thurnby Mead Primary Academy 1.5 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Krishna Avanti Primary School 1.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Whitehall Primary School 1.9 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- St Josephs Catholic Academy 2.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.