Schools in Leicester
There are 115 state-funded and grammar schools in Leicester. 9 are rated Outstanding and 66 Good by Ofsted. Each listing shows the year groups, Ofsted rating and how admissions work.
Applying for a place in Leicester
- Starting secondary school (Year 7) in September 2027: applications close on 31 October 2026. Offers are sent on 1 March 2027.
- Starting Reception in September 2027: applications close on 15 January 2027. Offers are sent on 16 April 2027.
- You apply through the council where you live, even for schools in a different area, and late applications are considered after on-time ones.
All schools in Leicester, by town
410
- St Mary's Fields Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE3 2DH
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Leicester
- Abbey Mead Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 5HH
Ofsted: Outstanding - Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 0FQ
Ofsted: Good - Ash Field Academy
LE5 4PY
Ofsted: Outstanding - Avanti Fields School
Nursery - Year 11 · LE5 0BX
Ofsted: Good - Avenue Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE2 3EJ
No rating on record - Babington Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · LE4 0SZ
Ofsted: Good - Barley Croft Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 0UT
No rating on record - Beauchamp City Sixth Form
LE1 6JL
No rating on record - Beaumont Leys School
Year 7 - Year 11 · LE4 0FL
Ofsted: Not judged - Beaumont Lodge Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 1DT
Ofsted: Good - Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 5PG
No rating on record - Braunstone Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE3 1QH
Ofsted: Good - Braunstone Frith Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE3 6NF
Ofsted: Good - Bridge Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · LE5 3HH
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Brook Mead Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · LE3 9BN
Ofsted: Outstanding - Buswells Lodge Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 0PT
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Caldecote Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE3 1FF
No rating on record - Castle Mead Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · LE3 5QT
Ofsted: Outstanding - Catherine Infant School
Nursery - Year 2 · LE4 6BY
Ofsted: Outstanding - Catherine Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · LE4 6AZ
Ofsted: Good - Charnwood Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE2 0HE
Ofsted: Not judged - Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy
Reception - Year 6 · LE3 6DF
Ofsted: Not judged - Coleman Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE5 5FS
Ofsted: Not judged - Crown Hills Community College
Year 7 - Year 11 · LE5 5FT
Ofsted: Not judged - Dovelands Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE3 0TJ
Ofsted: Good - Ellesmere College
LE3 2FD
No rating on record - Elmbrook School
Year 1 - Year 6 · LE5 1DT
Ofsted: Good - Ofsted: Good
- Evington Valley Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE5 5LL
Ofsted: Good - Eyres Monsell Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE2 9AH
Ofsted: Good - Falcons Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · LE5 0TA
Ofsted: Good - Folville Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · LE3 1EE
No rating on record - Forest Lodge Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE3 6LH
Ofsted: Good - Fosse Mead Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE3 5EA
Ofsted: Good - Fullhurst Community College
Year 7 - Year 11 · LE3 1AH
Ofsted: Good - Gateway Sixth Form College
LE5 1GA
No rating on record - Glebelands Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 2WF
Ofsted: Good - Granby Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE2 8LP
Ofsted: Good - Green Lane Infant School
Nursery - Year 2 · LE5 3GG
Ofsted: Good - Hazel Community Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · LE2 7JN
Ofsted: Good - Heatherbrook Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 1BE
Ofsted: Good - Herrick Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · LE4 7NJ
Ofsted: Good - Highfields Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE2 0UU
Ofsted: Not judged - Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE2 6TY
Ofsted: Good - Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · LE5 1LU
Ofsted: Good - Humberstone Infant Academy
Nursery - Year 2 · LE5 1AE
Ofsted: Good - Humberstone Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · LE5 1AE
Ofsted: Outstanding - Imperial Avenue Infant School
Nursery - Year 2 · LE3 1AH
Ofsted: Good - Inglehurst Infant School
Nursery - Year 2 · LE3 9FS
Ofsted: Inadequate - Inglehurst Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · LE3 9FS
Ofsted: Good - Judgemeadow Community College
Year 7 - Year 11 · LE5 6HP
Ofsted: Good - Kestrel Mead Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE5 1TG
Ofsted: Good - Keyham Lodge School
Year 5 - Year 11 · LE5 1FG
No rating on record - King Richard III Infant and Nursery School
Nursery - Year 2 · LE3 5PA
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Knighton Mead Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE2 6LG
No rating on record - Krishna Avanti Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · LE5 6HN
Ofsted: Good - Lancaster Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · LE2 6FU
Ofsted: Good - Leicester Partnership School
Year 7 - Year 11 · LE2 3PR
No rating on record - Linden Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE5 6AD
No rating on record - Madani Boys School
Year 7 - Year 11 · Boys only · LE5 5LL
No rating on record - Madani Girls' School
Year 7 - Year 11 · Girls only · LE5 5LL
Ofsted: Good - Marriott Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE2 6NE
Ofsted: Good - Mayflower Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE5 5NA
Ofsted: Not judged - Medway Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE2 1GH
Ofsted: Good - Merrydale Infant School
Nursery - Year 2 · LE5 0PL
Ofsted: Good - Merrydale Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · LE5 0PL
Ofsted: Good - Millgate School
Year 3 - Year 11 · LE2 6DW
Ofsted: Outstanding - Moat Community College
Year 7 - Year 11 · LE2 0TU
Ofsted: Good - Montrose School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE2 8TN
Ofsted: Not judged - Mowmacre Hill Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 2NG
No rating on record - Netherhall Mead Academy
LE5 1RT
Ofsted: Good - North Mead Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 9DL
Ofsted: Good - Oaklands School
Reception - Year 6 · LE5 6GJ
Ofsted: Good - Orchard Mead Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · LE5 1RT
Ofsted: Good - Overdale Infant School
Nursery - Year 2 · LE2 3YA
Ofsted: Not judged - Overdale Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · LE2 3YA
Ofsted: Good - Parks Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE3 9NS
Ofsted: Not judged - Queensmead Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE3 1PF
Ofsted: Good - Rolleston Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE2 9PT
Ofsted: Good - Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE5 4ES
Ofsted: Good - Rushey Mead Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · LE4 7AN
Ofsted: Outstanding - Rushey Mead Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 6RB
Ofsted: Good - Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE5 3HH
Ofsted: Good - Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 6QN
Ofsted: Good - Sandfield Close Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · LE4 7RE
Ofsted: Not judged - Scraptoft Valley Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE5 1NG
Ofsted: Good - Shaftesbury Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · LE3 0QE
Ofsted: Good - Shenton Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE5 3FP
Ofsted: Good - Sir Jonathan North Girls' College
Year 7 - Year 11 · Girls only · LE2 6FU
Ofsted: Not judged - Slater Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE3 5AS
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Soar Valley College
Year 7 - Year 11 · LE4 7GY
Ofsted: Not judged - Sparkenhoe Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE2 0TD
Ofsted: Good - Spinney Hill Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE5 5EZ
Ofsted: Good - St Barnabas CofE Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE5 4BD
Ofsted: Good - St John the Baptist CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · LE2 1TE
Ofsted: Good - St Josephs Catholic Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE5 1HF
Ofsted: Good - St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · LE5 6HN
Ofsted: Good - St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
Reception - Year 6 · LE2 3TA
Ofsted: Good - Stokes Wood Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE3 9BX
Ofsted: Good - Taylor Road Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE1 2JP
Ofsted: Not judged - Ofsted: Outstanding
- Ofsted: Requires improvement
- The Herewoode Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · LE3 6DN
Ofsted: Good - Thurnby Mead Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE5 2EG
No rating on record - Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A church of England School
Nursery - Year 11 · LE2 6UA
Ofsted: Good - Uplands Infant School
Nursery - Year 2 · LE2 0DR
Ofsted: Good - Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy
Year 3 - Year 6 · LE2 0DR
No rating on record - West Gate School
LE3 6DG
Ofsted: Good - Whitehall Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE5 6GJ
Ofsted: Good - Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE5 2NA
Ofsted: Good - Wolsey House Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 2BB
No rating on record - Woodstock Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 2GZ
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Wyvern Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 7HH
No rating on record
LEICESTER
- Mellor Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · LE4 5EQ
Ofsted: Good