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Best secondary schools in Leicestershire

43 of 46 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Leicestershire 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.

29 of 46 rated Good or Outstanding
5 oversubscribed on first preference
10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
Median Progress 8: -0.05 (best 0.83)

#	School	Progress 8	Ofsted	Places	Catchment
1	The Market Bosworth School Nuneaton	0.83	Outstanding	oversubscribed 1.32 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
2	Manor High School Leicester	0.69	Good	about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
3	Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy Nuneaton	0.66	Good declining	about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
4	De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire Loughborough	0.58	Good	oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
5	Beauchamp College Leicester hidden gem	0.44	Good	undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
6	Woodbrook Vale School Loughborough	0.44	Good	oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
7	Gartree High School Leicester	0.41	Not judged improving	oversubscribed 1.45 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
8	Hastings High School Hinckley hidden gem	0.4	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
9	The Robert Smyth Academy Market Harborough	0.37	Good improving	about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
10	Welland Park Academy Market Harborough hidden gem	0.37	Good declining	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
11	Limehurst Academy Loughborough	0.28	Good	about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
12	Lutterworth High School Lutterworth	0.25	Good declining	about even 1.15 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
13	Redmoor Academy Hinckley	0.23	Good	about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
14	The Priory Belvoir Academy Nottingham	0.21	Good improving	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
15	Charnwood College Loughborough hidden gem	0.19	Good improving	undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
16	Bosworth Academy Leicester	0.08	Good	oversubscribed 1.16 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
17	Long Field Spencer Academy Melton Mowbray	0.06	Good improving	about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
18	South Charnwood High School Markfield hidden gem	0.02	Good	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
19	Kibworth Mead Academy Leicester	-0.01	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
20	Brookvale Groby Learning Campus Leicester	-0.02	Not judged	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
21	Rawlins Loughborough	-0.03	Not judged	undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
22	Thomas Estley Community College Leicester	-0.05	Not judged	undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
23	Lutterworth College Lutterworth	-0.09	Good	about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
24	Ashby School Ashby-De-La-Zouch	-0.14	Good	about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
25	Castle Donington College Derby hidden gem	-0.27	Good improving	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
26	The Newbridge School Coalville	-0.27	Not judged declining	about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
27	The Roundhill Academy Leicester	-0.27	Requires improvement declining	undersubscribed 0.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
28	The Cedars Academy Leicester	-0.32	Good	about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
29	John Ferneley College Melton Mowbray	-0.34	Requires improvement declining	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
30	Iveshead School Loughborough	-0.37	Not judged	about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
31	The Castle Rock School Coalville	-0.38	Requires improvement	undersubscribed 0.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
32	Ivanhoe School Ashby-de-la-Zouch	-0.39	Not judged	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
33	Brockington College Leicester	-0.41	Requires improvement declining	undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
34	The Hinckley School Hinckley hidden gem	-0.52	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
35	Heath Lane Academy Leicester hidden gem	-0.55	Good declining	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
36	Humphrey Perkins School Loughborough	-0.55	Not judged improving	about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
37	Wreake Valley Academy Leicester	-0.6	Good	about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
38	Ibstock School Ibstock	-0.61	Not judged	undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
39	The Martin High School Anstey Leicester hidden gem	-0.62	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
40	Wigston Academy Wigston hidden gem	-0.63	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
41	Countesthorpe Academy Countesthorpe	-0.8	Not judged	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
42	The Winstanley School Leicester	-0.8	Good improving	about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
43	South Wigston High School Wigston	-1.02	Requires improvement declining	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate

Also in Leicestershire

3 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 Leicestershire, not a fairer one.

Applying in Leicestershire

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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