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130 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Leicester has 115 state schools: 82 primary, 19 secondary, 2 all-through. Between them they teach around 58,300 pupils. 90 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.7 out of 10, and 5 score 8 or above.

13 have a sixth form. 67 take children from age three or under. 18 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

Abbey Mead Primary Academy Leicester · Outstanding Al-Aqsa Schools Trust Leicester · Good Al-Islamia Institute for Education Leicester · Good Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School Leicester · Good Ash Field Academy Leicester · Outstanding Avanti Fields School Leicester · Good Avenue Primary School Leicester · Good Avicenna School Leicester Babington Academy Leicester · Good Barley Croft Primary School Leicester · Good Beauchamp City Sixth Form Leicester · Outstanding Beaumont Leys School Leicester · Not judged Beaumont Lodge Primary School Leicester · Good Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary School Leicester · Good Braunstone Community Primary School Leicester · Good Braunstone Frith Primary Academy Leicester · Good Bridge Junior School Leicester · Requires improvement Brook Mead Academy Leicester · Outstanding Buswells Lodge Primary School Leicester · Requires improvement Caldecote Community Primary School Leicester · Good Castle Mead Academy Leicester · Outstanding Catherine Infant School Leicester · Outstanding Catherine Junior School Leicester · Good Charnwood Primary School Leicester · Not judged Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy Leicester · Not judged Coleman Primary School Leicester · Not judged Crown Hills Community College Leicester · Not judged Darul Madinah Leicester Ltd Leicester Darul Uloom Leicester Leicester Dovelands Primary School Leicester · Good Ellesmere College Leicester · Good Emmanuel Christian School Braunstone English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy Leicester · Good Evington Valley Primary School Leicester · Good Eyres Monsell Primary School Leicester · Good Falcons Primary School Leicester · Good Folville Junior School Leicester · Good Forest Lodge Academy Leicester · Good Fosse Mead Primary Academy Leicester · Good Fullhurst Community College Leicester · Good Gateway Sixth Form College Leicester Glebelands Primary School Leicester · Good Granby Primary School Leicester · Good Green Lane Infant School Leicester · Good Hazel Community Primary School Leicester · Good Heatherbrook Primary Academy Leicester · Good Herrick Primary School Leicester · Good Highfields Primary School Leicester · Not judged Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy Leicester · Good Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School Leicester · Good Humberstone Infant Academy Leicester · Good Humberstone Junior School Leicester · Outstanding Imam Muhammad Adam Institute Boys School · Outstanding Imperial Avenue Infant School Leicester · Good Inglehurst Infant School Leicester · Inadequate Inglehurst Junior School Leicester · Good Jameah Academy Leicester Jameah Boys Academy Judgemeadow Community College Leicester · Good Kestrel Mead Primary Academy Leicester · Good Keyham Lodge School Leicester · Outstanding King Richard III Infant and Nursery School Leicester · Requires improvement Knighton Mead Primary Academy Leicester · Good Krishna Avanti Primary School Leicester · Good Lancaster Academy Leicester · Good Land of Learning Primary School Leicester · Outstanding Leicester College Leicester · Good Leicester High School for Girls Leicester Islamic Academy Leicester · Good Leicester Preparatory School Leicester Linden Primary School Leicester · Good Madani Boys School Leicester · Good Madani Girls' School Leicester · Good Marriott Primary School Leicester · Good Mayflower Primary School Leicester · Not judged Medway Community Primary School Leicester · Good Mellor Community Primary School LEICESTER · Good Merrydale Infant School Leicester · Good Merrydale Junior School Leicester · Good Millgate School Leicester · Outstanding Moat Community College Leicester · Good Montrose School Leicester · Not judged Mowmacre Hill Primary School Leicester · Good Netherhall Mead Academy Leicester · Good North Mead Primary Academy Leicester · Good Oaklands School Leicester · Good Orchard Mead Academy Leicester · Good Overdale Infant School Leicester · Not judged Overdale Junior School Leicester · Good Parks Primary School Leicester · Not judged Queensmead Primary Academy Leicester · Good Rolleston Primary School Leicester · Good Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy Leicester · Good Rushey Mead Academy Leicester · Outstanding Rushey Mead Primary School Leicester · Good Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy Leicester · Good Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy Leicester · Good Sandfield Close Primary School Leicester · Not judged Scraptoft Valley Primary School Leicester · Good Shaftesbury Junior School Leicester · Good Shenton Primary School Leicester · Good Sir Jonathan North Girls' College Leicester · Not judged Slater Primary School Leicester · Requires improvement Soar Valley College Leicester · Not judged Sparkenhoe Community Primary School Leicester · Good Spinney Hill Primary School Leicester · Good St Barnabas CofE Primary School Leicester · Good St Crispin's School Leicester St John the Baptist CofE Primary School Leicester · Good St Josephs Catholic Academy Leicester · Good St Mary's Fields Academy 410 · Requires improvement St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy Leicester · Good St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy Leicester · Good Stokes Wood Primary School Leicester · Good Taylor Road Primary School Leicester · Not judged The Children's Hospital School Leicester · Outstanding The City of Leicester College Leicester · Requires improvement The Herewoode Academy Leicester The Imam Muhammad Adam Institute School Leicester · Good Thurnby Mead Primary Academy Leicester · Good Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A church of England School Leicester · Good Uplands Infant School Leicester · Good Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy Leicester · Good WQE and Regent College Group Leicester · Good West Gate School Leicester · Good Whitehall Primary School Leicester · Good Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy Leicester · Good Wolsey House Primary School Leicester · Good Woodstock Primary Academy Leicester · Requires improvement Wyvern Primary School Leicester · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Judgemeadow Community College Good · ×0.49 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Lancaster Academy Good · ×0.56 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Herrick Primary School Good · ×0.74 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Krishna Avanti Primary School Good · ×0.74 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Orchard Mead Academy Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Fullhurst Community College Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Moat Community College Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Babington Academy Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Dovelands Primary School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hazel Community Primary School Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Leicester

Primary schools: 'Most schools have defined catchment areas' though not all prioritise it — distinct from Leicestershire (the county), a separate LA. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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