Imperial Avenue Infant School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked after / previously looked after children — Children in the care of a local authority within England or who were previously in the care of a local authority within and outside of England (see note 1).
2. 2Medical/social needs — Children who have a serious medical condition or exceptional social or domestic needs that make it essential they attend the school requested (see note 2).
3. 3Catchment + sibling — Children whose home address is in the catchment area of the infant or primary school with a sibling at the school or the linked junior school, who will still be on roll when the applicant starts school (see note 3).
4. 4Outside catchment + sibling — Children whose home address is outside the catchment area of the infant or primary school with a sibling at the school or linked junior school, who will still be on roll when the applicant starts school (see note 3).
5. 5In catchment area — Children whose home address is in the catchment area of the infant or primary school (see note 4).
6. 6Staff children — Children who are sons / daughters of staff working at the school for at least 2 years at the time of application (see note 5).
7. 7Outside catchment, requested a place — Children whose home address is outside the catchment area of the infant or primary school and who have requested a place.

If two applications tie: Within each criterion priority will be given to children living closest to the school, as measured on a straight-line basis using a geographical information system measuring from the Geo-code reference point from the child's home address to the Geo-code reference point for the school.

Local-authority coordinated default oversubscription criteria for Leicester City Council's community and voluntary-controlled schools (the council is the admission authority). Some community/voluntary-controlled schools in this authority apply catchment-area, feeder-school or priority-area variants — check the individual school for its exact arrangements. This is a directory of individual school admission arrangements for Leicester City Council infant/primary schools for 2027-28 entry. Most community/VC schools share a common 7-criterion pattern (as extracted), but some (e.g. Abbey Mead, Forest Lodge, Heatherbrook, Humberstone, Kestrel Mead, Knighton Mead, North Mead, Overdale, Rowlatts Mead, Thurnby Mead, Uplands, Willowbrook Mead, Woodstock) use an 8-criterion variant splitting looked-after England/outside-England and catchment-sibling by in/out catchment separately. Faith schools (CofE, Catholic, Sikh) and some academies (Avanti Fields, Krishna Avanti, Falcon's, Queensmead, Tudor Grange Samworth, Braunstone, Braunstone Frith, Mowmacre Hill, Hope Hamilton, St John the Baptist, Belgrave St Peter's, St Peter's) have their own distinct, differing criteria and are own admission authorities, not following the council default.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.