Leicester schools and admissions data

Leicester City Council has 108 primary schools and 42 secondary schools. 12% of Leicester's schools are private schools. 49 state schools in Leicester follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 68 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Leicester

  1. Outstanding 17
  2. Good 76
  3. Requires Improvement 11
  4. Inadequate 1

Most popular state schools
in Leicester in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    King Richard III Infant and Nursery School

    Community school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Whitehall Primary School

    Community school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  3. 3

    Barley Croft Primary School

    Community school • Beaumont Leys, Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    St Barnabas CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Evington Valley Primary School

    Community school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Highfields Primary School

    Academy converter • Highfields, Leicester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    Krishna Avanti Primary School

    Free schools • Evington, Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Granby Primary School

    Community school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Parks Primary School

    Community school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    Knighton Mead Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Sparkenhoe Community Primary School

    Academy converter • Leicester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  12. 12

    Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Off Ambassador Road, Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School

    Academy converter • North Hamilton, Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Mayflower Primary School

    Community school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  15. 15

    Beaumont Lodge Primary School

    Community school • Beaumont Leys, Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter • Leicester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  17. 17

    Abbey Mead Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Leicester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  18. 18

    Montrose School

    Community school • Aylestone, Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Dovelands Primary School

    Community school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Madani Girls' School

    Voluntary aided school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Madani Boys School

    Voluntary aided school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Rushey Mead Academy

    Academy converter • Leicester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Fullhurst Community College

    Foundation school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    New College Leicester

    Foundation school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Moat Community College

    Community school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Crown Hills Community College

    Community school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Beaumont Leys School

    Community school • Leicester

    Ofsted: Good

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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