Barley Croft Primary School
Community school in Leicester, LE4 0UT, taking ages 3 to 11, 324 on roll.
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In the latest published round, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.98 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.
How this compares: every Leicester school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 1.98 miles, the distance the school admitted from in the latest published year.
Barley Croft Primary School: 1.98 miles Soar Valley College: 0.55 miles, published by Leicester
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Barley Croft Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
Source: Leicester, published admission distances
Where Barley Croft Primary School and Soar Valley College are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Soar Valley College admitted from 0.55 miles in the latest published year, published by Leicester. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 1.98 and 0.55 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.
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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Leicester, 25 of 350 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (7.1%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.
Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Barley Croft Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parks Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 2.26 mi | 1.0 mi |
| Abbey Mead Primary Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.53 mi | 1.5 mi |
| Castle Mead Academy Both in reach | Secondary | 0.69 mi | 1.6 mi |
| King Richard III Infant and Nursery School Both in reach | Primary | 0.34 mi | 1.9 mi |
| Rushey Mead Academy Both in reach | Secondary | 1.29 mi | 2.0 mi |
| Soar Valley College Both in reach | Secondary | 0.55 mi | 2.2 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 324 pupils in 330 places (98% full) |
| Local authority | Leicester |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Ungraded inspection, January 2025: standards maintained |
| Meeting the expected standard | 49.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25) |
| Year | Meeting the expected standard |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 49.0% |
| 2023/24 | 49.0% |
| 2022/23 | 53.0% |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Barley Croft Primary School
| Girls and boys | 46.6% girls, 53.4% boys |
| English as an additional language | 59.9% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 45.4% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Barley Croft Primary School
Cheapest district inside the 1.98 miles: LE4, median £225,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE4 | Charnwood | 1.4 mi | £225,000 82 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.98 miles the school admitted from in the latest published year, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Barley Croft Primary School by bus
Best-served stop: Butterwick Drive, 0.2 mi away, with 8.1 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:49, last 23:25.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxters Close | 175 yd | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 25 |
| Linney Road | 0.1 mi | 3.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 26 |
| Baxters Close | 0.1 mi | 3.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 26 |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing Barley Croft Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around LE4: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at LE4 0UT, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →
Checking the house as well as the school
The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.
Common questions
What is the catchment area for Barley Croft Primary School?
Barley Croft Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in the latest published year lived 1.98 miles away, per Leicester.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Barley Croft Primary School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.98 miles was enough in the latest published year, and at 98% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Barley Croft Primary School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
Every Leicester school's distance
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