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Best secondary schools in Leicester

17 of 21 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Leicester schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — 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.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Madani Girls' School Leicester 1.14 Good oversubscribed 2.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Rushey Mead Academy Leicester 0.9 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.16 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Soar Valley College Leicester 0.74 Not judged about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Sir Jonathan North Girls' College Leicester 0.51 Not judged undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Madani Boys School Leicester 0.4 Good improving oversubscribed 2.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Crown Hills Community College Leicester 0.32 Not judged oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Judgemeadow Community College Leicester hidden gem 0.32 Good undersubscribed 0.49 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy Leicester 0.3 Good oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 The City of Leicester College Leicester 0.29 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Moat Community College Leicester hidden gem 0.19 Good undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy Leicester 0.16 Good oversubscribed 1.32 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Castle Mead Academy Leicester 0.14 Outstanding about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Beaumont Leys School Leicester -0.13 Not judged undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Fullhurst Community College Leicester hidden gem -0.17 Good improving undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Lancaster Academy Leicester hidden gem -0.65 Good improving undersubscribed 0.56 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Orchard Mead Academy Leicester hidden gem -0.69 Good undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Babington Academy Leicester hidden gem -0.8 Good undersubscribed 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Leicester

4 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 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.

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