Parents can find out today if they have been given a new school catchment area after the city council redrew the boundaries.
Leicester City Council wants to alter catchments to ensure there is one clearly defined primary and secondary school for each address in Leicester.
Some 35 primary schools will be affected by the changes and 14 secondaries.
The council has launched a 10 week consultation on the proposals.
Councillor Vi Dempster, cabinet member responsible for schools said: "It's over 10 years since the catchment areas were reviewed and clearly there have been a number of building developments in that time across the city.
"The aim of these proposals is to make sure that everyone has fair access to our schools, and that our boundaries and catchment areas are clear and sensible."
Parents can apply to any primary or secondary school across the city. However, catchment areas are used by most schools as part of their admissions criteria if they are over subscribed.
A child living in the catchment area for a particular school is given priority over a child who lives in another if the school is over subscribed.
The new boundaries aim to avoid children next door to one another living in different catchment areas, and to make the links between primary and secondary schools much clearer.
The changes will effect children starting school in September 2013. To take part in the consultation visit: www.leicester.gov.uk/catchmentreview