Best primary schools in Leicester
71 of 87 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Leicester schools · secondary schools
Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.
- 68 of 87 rated Good or Outstanding
- 2 oversubscribed on first preference
- 10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
- Median Met expected standard (RWM): 62.0% (best 88.0%)
| # | School | Met expected standard (RWM) | Ofsted | Places | Catchment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy Leicester | 88.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 2 | Queensmead Primary Academy Leicester | 87.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 3 | Parks Primary School Leicester | 85.0% | Not judged improving | oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 4 | Caldecote Community Primary School Leicester | 82.0% | Good improving | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 5 | Humberstone Junior School Leicester | 81.0% | Outstanding | — | approximate |
| 6 | Beaumont Lodge Primary School Leicester | 79.0% | Good improving | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 7 | Kestrel Mead Primary Academy Leicester | 79.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 8 | Evington Valley Primary School Leicester | 77.0% | Good | about even 1.09 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 9 | Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy Leicester | 76.0% | Good | about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 10 | Braunstone Community Primary School Leicester | 75.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 11 | Linden Primary School Leicester | 75.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 12 | Krishna Avanti Primary School Leicester hidden gem | 73.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 13 | Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy Leicester | 73.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 14 | Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy Leicester | 72.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 15 | Whitehall Primary School Leicester | 71.0% | Good declining | about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 16 | Abbey Mead Primary Academy Leicester | 70.0% | Outstanding | about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 17 | North Mead Primary Academy Leicester | 69.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 18 | Spinney Hill Primary School Leicester | 69.0% | Good | about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 19 | Sparkenhoe Community Primary School Leicester | 68.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 20 | Charnwood Primary School Leicester | 67.0% | Not judged | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 21 | Folville Junior School Leicester | 67.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 22 | Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School Leicester | 67.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 23 | Merrydale Junior School Leicester | 67.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 24 | Slater Primary School Leicester | 67.0% | Requires improvement improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 25 | Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy Leicester | 66.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 26 | St Barnabas CofE Primary School Leicester | 66.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 27 | Hazel Community Primary School Leicester hidden gem | 65.0% | Good | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 28 | Highfields Primary School Leicester | 65.0% | Not judged | about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 29 | Wyvern Primary School Leicester | 65.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 30 | Medway Community Primary School Leicester | 64.0% | Good improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 31 | Sandfield Close Primary School Leicester | 64.0% | Not judged | about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 32 | Stokes Wood Primary School Leicester | 64.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 33 | Dovelands Primary School Leicester hidden gem | 63.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 34 | Falcons Primary School Leicester hidden gem | 63.0% | Good | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 35 | Knighton Mead Primary Academy Leicester hidden gem | 63.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 36 | Overdale Junior School Leicester | 62.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 37 | St Mary's Fields Academy 410 | 62.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 38 | Avenue Primary School Leicester | 61.0% | Good improving | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 39 | Shenton Primary School Leicester | 61.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 40 | St John the Baptist CofE Primary School Leicester | 61.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 41 | Mayflower Primary School Leicester | 60.0% | Not judged declining | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 42 | Coleman Primary School Leicester | 59.0% | Not judged declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 43 | Mellor Community Primary School LEICESTER | 59.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 44 | Fosse Mead Primary Academy Leicester hidden gem | 58.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 45 | Herrick Primary School Leicester hidden gem | 58.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 46 | Shaftesbury Junior School Leicester | 58.0% | Good improving | — | approximate |
| 47 | Heatherbrook Primary Academy Leicester | 56.0% | Good improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 48 | Inglehurst Junior School Leicester | 56.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 49 | Montrose School Leicester | 56.0% | Not judged declining | about even 1.15 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 50 | Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School Leicester | 55.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 51 | Forest Lodge Academy Leicester hidden gem | 55.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 52 | Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy Leicester | 54.0% | Not judged | about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 53 | Mowmacre Hill Primary School Leicester | 53.0% | Good improving | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 54 | St Josephs Catholic Academy Leicester | 53.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 55 | Woodstock Primary Academy Leicester | 52.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 56 | Braunstone Frith Primary Academy Leicester | 51.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 57 | Wolsey House Primary School Leicester | 51.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 58 | Barley Croft Primary School Leicester | 49.0% | Good improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 59 | Glebelands Primary School Leicester | 48.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 60 | Granby Primary School Leicester | 47.0% | Good | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 61 | Rushey Mead Primary School Leicester | 46.0% | Good improving | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 62 | Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary School Leicester | 45.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 63 | Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy Leicester | 45.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 64 | Bridge Junior School Leicester | 43.0% | Requires improvement | — | approximate |
| 65 | Catherine Junior School Leicester | 43.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 66 | Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy Leicester | 43.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 67 | Thurnby Mead Primary Academy Leicester hidden gem | 43.0% | Good | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 68 | Rolleston Primary School Leicester | 42.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 69 | Scraptoft Valley Primary School Leicester | 37.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 70 | Eyres Monsell Primary School Leicester | 34.0% | Good improving | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 71 | Marriott Primary School Leicester | 34.0% | Good improving | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
Also in Leicester
16 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Leicester, not a fairer one.
- Al-Islamia Institute for Education Ofsted: Good
- Buswells Lodge Primary School Ofsted: Requires improvement
- Catherine Infant School Ofsted: Outstanding
- Darul Madinah Leicester Ltd
- Green Lane Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Humberstone Infant Academy Ofsted: Good
- Imperial Avenue Infant School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
- Inglehurst Infant School Ofsted: Inadequate
- King Richard III Infant and Nursery School Ofsted: Requires improvement
- Land of Learning Primary School Ofsted: Outstanding
- Leicester Islamic Academy Ofsted: Good
- Leicester Preparatory School
- Merrydale Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Overdale Infant School Ofsted: Not judged
- Taylor Road Primary School Ofsted: Not judged
- Uplands Infant School Ofsted: Good
Applying in Leicester
Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.
- Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2027 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2026; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
- Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
- Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry Secondary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — state school Year 7 place offers (1 March).
- Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
- Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
- Primary (Reception) application deadline 2028-01-15 · 2028 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2028 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2028; apply via your home local authority.
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