Saint Peter's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy: admissions history
How many families applied, how many places there were, and how far the last place went - every year we hold.
For September 2026 entry, 32 families put Saint Peter's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy as their first choice and 75 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Demand has been fairly steady: 34 first choices in 2021, against 32 in 2026.
Across Leicestershire, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2025, families in Leicestershire lodged 229 appeals against primary school offers; 126 reached a hearing and 5 succeeded (4% of those heard).
Applications and offers by year
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 32 | 75 | 1.1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 62 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 50 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 60 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 30 | 31 | 53 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 28 | 34 | 61 | 1.2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 30 | 30 | 67 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 30 | 43 | 74 | 1.4 | 13 |
| 2018 | 30 | 38 | 72 | 1.3 | 10 |
| 2017 | 30 | 45 | 90 | 1.5 | 17 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.