Leicester schools and admissions data

Leicester City Council has 107 primary schools and 39 secondary schools. 10% of Leicester's schools are private schools. 60 state schools in Leicester follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 56 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Leicester

  1. Outstanding 20
  2. Good 68
  3. Requires Improvement 11
  4. Inadequate 3

Most popular state schools
in Leicester in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Cherryleas Assessment Centre

    Miscellaneous • Leicester

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    Oakham House

    Miscellaneous • Humberstone, Leicester

    Ofsted: None

  3. 3

    Falcons Primary School

    Free schools • Gipsy Lane, Leicester

    Ofsted: None

  4. 4

    North Mead Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Leicester

    Ofsted: None

  5. 5

    Humberstone Infant Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Humberstone, Leicester

    Ofsted: None

  6. 6

    Uplands Junior L.E.A.D Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Highfields, Leicester

    Ofsted: None

  7. 7

    Heatherbrook Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Beaumont Leys, Leicester

    Ofsted: None

  8. 8

    Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A church of England School

    Academy sponsor led • Leicester

    Ofsted: None

  9. 9

    Avanti Fields School

    Free schools • Leicester

    Ofsted: None

  10. 10

    Millgate School

    Community special school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  11. 11

    Catherine Infant School

    Community school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  12. 12

    Fosse Primary School

    Community school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  13. 13

    St John the Baptist CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  14. 14

    Merrydale Junior School

    Academy converter • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Braunstone Community Primary School

    Academy converter • Braunstone, Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Woodstock Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Leicester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  17. 17

    Mowmacre Hill Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Linden Primary School

    Community school • Evington, Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Barley Croft Primary School

    Community school • Beaumont Leys, Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    St Mary's Fields Primary School

    Community school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  1. 1

    The Lancaster Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Leicester

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    Orchard Mead Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Leicester

    Ofsted: None

  3. 3

    Castle Mead Academy

    Free schools • Leicester

    Ofsted: None

  4. 4

    Gateway Sixth Form College

    Academy 16-19 converter • Leicester

    Ofsted: None

  5. 5

    Beauchamp City Sixth Form

    Free schools 16 to 19 • Leicester

    Ofsted: None

  6. 6

    The City of Leicester College

    Community school • Evington, Leicester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  7. 7

    Leicester Partnership School

    Pupil referral unit • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    New College Leicester

    Foundation school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Judgemeadow Community College

    Academy sponsor led • Evington, Leicester

    Ofsted: Inadequate

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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