Schools and Education in Leicester

There are 134 schools in Leicester (excluding independent schools), including 97 primary schools, 24 secondary schools, and 5 serving sixth-form education. Leicester has 2 schools with Pupil Referral Unit places, and none with places for teen mothers. There is 1 school in Leicester under Special Measures.

Primary Schools Secondary Schools Sixth Forms Pupils Referral Units

Leicester Education Profile

The median school in Leicester has 23% of its pupils entitled to free schools meals, the 11th highest figure in Leicestershire. This represents about 15,000 pupils, or approximately 1 in 4 of Leicester's pupils. Looking at the number of pupils per teacher, the median ratio for Leicester is 20.30 school children per full-time equivalent teacher. This is the 59th highest ratio in Leicestershire, and the 487th lowest pupil/teacher ratio in the East Midlands region of the UK.

The 2 schools in Leicester operating with pupil referral units offer 190 PRU places to the local area.

Primaries

97

4.12% Outstanding • 72% Good

Secondaries

24

8.33% Outstanding • 54% Good

Sixth Forms

5

0% Outstanding • 80% Good

Primary Schools in Leicester

Most of Leicester's primary schools have been rated Good by Ofsted, amounting to 70 schools or 72% of the total. Attainment is mostly split between very high and high - about 22% and 21% of primary schools respectively - though we don't have data for approximately 24% of schools. Looking at the number of pupils assigned to a teacher, Leicester's primary schools most commonly have a high ratio of pupils to teachers.

 
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Name Ages Capacity SEN Support Ofsted KS2 Attainment Teacher/Pupil Ratio Religion
Abbey Mead Primary Academy 3–11 yrs 740
Very high
Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School 3–11 yrs 918
Good
Low
High
Avenue Primary School 3–11 yrs 553
Good
Good
High
Barley Croft Primary School 3–11 yrs 330
Good
Very high
Good
Beaumont Lodge Primary School 3–11 yrs 210
Good
Very high
Very high
Bishop Ellis Catholic Voluntary Academy 5–11 yrs 341 Roman Catholic
Braunstone Community Primary School 3–11 yrs 420
Good
Low
Good
Braunstone Frith Primary Academy 3–11 yrs 650
Very low
Bridge Junior School 7–11 yrs 360
Requires improvement
Very high
Very high
Buswells Lodge Primary School 3–11 yrs 380
Requires improvement
Low
Good
Caldecote Community Primary School 3–11 yrs 682
Good
Very high
Good
Catherine Infant School 3–7 yrs 420
Outstanding
High
Catherine Junior School 7–11 yrs 480
Good
Low
Good
Charnwood Primary School 3–11 yrs 420
Outstanding
High
Very high
Charnwood Primary School 3–11 yrs 420
Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy 4–11 yrs 630
Very high
Very high
Roman Catholic
Church Hill Church of England Junior School 7–11 yrs 360
Good
Very high
Very high
Church of England
Church Hill Infant School 5–7 yrs 270
Good
Good
Coleman Primary School 3–11 yrs 627
Requires improvement
Low
Very high
Dovelands Primary School 3–11 yrs 525
Good
High
Good
Eastfield Primary School 5–11 yrs 420
High
Good
Evington Valley Primary School 3–11 yrs 315
Good
High
High
Eyres Monsell Primary School 3–11 yrs 420
Good
Very high
High
Falcons Primary School 4–11 yrs 420
Good
Good
Good
Sikh
Fernvale Primary School 4–11 yrs 420
Good
Low
High
Folville Junior School 7–11 yrs 360
Good
High
Good
Forest Lodge Academy 3–11 yrs 630
Good
High
High
Fosse Mead Primary Academy 3–11 yrs 430
Fossebrook Primary School 4–11 yrs 210
Good
High
Glen Hills Primary School 4–11 yrs 518
Good
Low
Very high
Glenfield Primary School 4–11 yrs 450
Good
Very high
High
Granby Primary School 3–11 yrs 498
Good
Good
Very high
Green Lane Infant School 3–7 yrs 270
Good
High
Hazel Community Primary School 5–11 yrs 420
Good
Very low
High
Heatherbrook Primary Academy 2–11 yrs 210
Requires improvement
Low
Good
Herrick Primary School 3–11 yrs 440
Good
High
High
Highfields Primary School 3–11 yrs 388
Good
Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 3–11 yrs 252
Good
Very low
Roman Catholic
Humberstone Infant Academy 3–7 yrs 270
Good
Very high
Humberstone Junior School 7–11 yrs 360
Outstanding
Good
Very high
Imperial Avenue Infant School 3–7 yrs 324
Good
Good
Inglehurst Infant School 3–7 yrs 300
Special Measures
Good
Inglehurst Junior School 7–11 yrs 300
Good
Very high
Very low
Kestrel Mead Primary Academy 3–11 yrs 837
Good
King Richard III Infant and Nursery School 3–7 yrs 250
Good
Good
Kingsway Primary School 5–11 yrs 315
Good
High
High
Kirby Muxloe Primary School 4–11 yrs 386
Good
High
Very high
Knighton Mead Primary Academy 3–11 yrs 189
Good
High
Low
Krishna Avanti Primary School 4–11 yrs 432
Good
High
High
Hindu
Linden Primary School 3–11 yrs 475
Good
High
High
Marriott Primary School 3–11 yrs 397
Good
High
Good
Mayflower Primary School 3–11 yrs 420
Requires improvement
Very high
Good
Medway Community Primary School 3–11 yrs 560
Good
Very high
High
Mellor Community Primary School 3–11 yrs 695
Good
Good
Good
Merrydale Infant School 3–7 yrs 270
Good
High
Merrydale Junior School 7–11 yrs 360
Good
Good
High
Millfield L.E.A.D. Academy 5–11 yrs 420
Good
High
High
Montrose School 3–11 yrs 420
Good
Good
High
Mowmacre Hill Primary School 3–11 yrs 420
Good
High
Low
North Mead Primary Academy 3–11 yrs 332
Good
Very high
Very high
Overdale Infant School 4–7 yrs 360
Requires improvement
Very high
Overdale Junior School 7–11 yrs 480
Good
Good
High
Parks Primary School 3–11 yrs 466
Outstanding
Very high
Low
Queensmead Primary Academy 3–11 yrs 420
Good
High
High
Ravenhurst Primary School 5–11 yrs 595
Rolleston Primary School 3–11 yrs 445
Good
Good
Good
Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy 3–11 yrs 315
Good
Very high
Low
Rushey Mead Primary School 3–11 yrs 682
Good
Very high
Good
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy 3–11 yrs 371
Good
High
Very high
Roman Catholic
Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy 3–11 yrs 240
Good
High
Roman Catholic
Sandfield Close Primary School 4–11 yrs 275
Good
High
High
Scraptoft Valley Primary School 3–11 yrs 475
Good
Good
Low
Shaftesbury Junior School 7–11 yrs 240
Good
Good
High
Shenton Primary School 3–11 yrs 490
Good
Very high
Good
Slater Primary School 3–11 yrs 191
Good
Very high
Very high
Sparkenhoe Community Primary School 3–11 yrs 480
Good
Good
Spinney Hill Primary School 3–11 yrs 689
Good
Very high
High
St Barnabas CofE Primary School 3–11 yrs 338
Good
High
High
Church of England
St John the Baptist CofE Primary School 4–11 yrs 586
Requires improvement
Good
Very high
Church of England
St Josephs Catholic Academy 3–11 yrs 307
Good
Good
Very high
Roman Catholic
St Mary's Fields Primary School 3–11 yrs 472
Requires improvement
Very low
High
St Peter's CofE Primary School 3–11 yrs 236 Church of England
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy 4–11 yrs 280
Good
Very high
Very high
Roman Catholic
Stafford Leys Community Primary School 4–11 yrs 630
Good
Good
Very high
Stokes Wood Primary School 3–11 yrs 532
Good
Very high
Good
Taylor Road Primary School 3–11 yrs 738
Good
Very low
High
The Hall School 3–11 yrs 416
Good
Low
Low
Thurnby Mead Primary Academy 3–11 yrs 210
Good
Good
Low
Thurnby, St Luke's Church of England Primary School 4–10 yrs 215
Good
Good
Very high
Church of England
Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A church of England School 2–16 yrs 1,046
Good
Very low
Very low
Church of England
Uplands Infant School 3–7 yrs 460
Good
Good
Uplands Junior L.E.A.D Academy 7–11 yrs 480
Good
Low
Very high
Whitehall Primary School 3–11 yrs 682
Requires improvement
High
Very high
Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy 3–11 yrs 420
Very high
Very high
Wolsey House Primary School 3–11 yrs 682
Good
Very low
High
Woodstock Primary Academy 3–11 yrs 450
Requires improvement
Very low
High
Wyvern Primary School 3–11 yrs 480
Good
Good
High

Leicester Secondary Schools

Most of Leicester's secondary schools have been rated Good by Ofsted, amounting to 13 schools or 54% of the total. Attainment is mostly split between good and low - about 25% and 21% of secondary schools respectively - though we don't have data for approximately 21% of schools. Looking at the number of pupils assigned to a teacher, Leicester's secondary schools most commonly have a low ratio of pupils to teachers.

 
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Name Ages Capacity SEN Support Ofsted P8 Attainment Teacher/Pupil Ratio Religion
Babington Academy 11–16 yrs 1,050
Good
Good
Very low
Beaumont Leys School 11–16 yrs 1,050
Good
Good
Very low
Brook Mead Academy 11–16 yrs 1,500
Castle Mead Academy 11–16 yrs 1,200
Low
Crown Hills Community College 11–16 yrs 1,254
Good
Very high
Low
English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy 11–19 yrs 1,066
Good
Good
Low
Roman Catholic
Fullhurst Community College 11–16 yrs 1,500
Good
Good
Very low
Judgemeadow Community College 11–16 yrs 1,230
Good
Good
Low
Lancaster Academy 11–16 yrs 1,200
Requires improvement
Very low
Low
Madani Boys School 11–16 yrs 390
Good
High
Low
Muslim
Madani Girls' School 11–16 yrs 390
Good
Very high
Very low
Muslim
Moat Community College 11–16 yrs 1,050
Good
Good
Very low
New College Leicester 11–18 yrs 1,800
Good
Low
Very low
Orchard Mead Academy 11–16 yrs 1,200
Good
Low
Very low
Rushey Mead Academy 11–16 yrs 1,620
Outstanding
Very high
Good
Sir Jonathan North Girls' College 11–16 yrs 1,200
Good
Soar Valley College 11–16 yrs 1,560
Outstanding
Very high
Low
Soar Valley College 11–16 yrs 1,560
St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 11–18 yrs 1,142
Good
Low
Low
Roman Catholic
The City of Leicester College 11–19 yrs 1,614
Requires improvement
Low
Low
The City of Leicester College 11–19 yrs 1,614
The Roundhill Academy 11–16 yrs 750
Serious Weaknesses
Low
Low
The Winstanley School 11–16 yrs 615
Requires improvement
Very low
Low
Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A church of England School 2–16 yrs 1,046
Good
Very low
Very low
Church of England

Sixth Form Schools in Leicester

Most of Leicester's sixth form schools have been rated Good by Ofsted, amounting to 4 schools or 80% of the total. Attainment is mostly split between very low and low - about 20% and 0% of sixth form schools respectively - though we don't have data for approximately 80% of schools. Looking at the number of pupils assigned to a teacher, Leicester's sixth form schools most commonly have a very low ratio of pupils to teachers.

 
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Name Ages Capacity SEN Support Ofsted P8 Attainment Teacher/Pupil Ratio Religion
Beauchamp City Sixth Form 16–19 yrs 1,000
Gateway Sixth Form College 16–19 yrs 1,600
Good
Leicester College 16–99 yrs
Good
Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A church of England School 2–16 yrs 1,046
Good
Very low
Very low
Church of England
WQE and Regent College Group 16–99 yrs
Good

Leicester Pupil Referral Units

Most of Leicester's pupil referral units have been rated Good by Ofsted, amounting to 2 schools or 100% of the total. Looking at the number of pupils assigned to a teacher, Leicester's pupil referral units most commonly have a very low ratio of pupils to teachers.

 
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Name Ages Capacity SEN Support Ofsted P8 Attainment Teacher/Pupil Ratio Religion
Leicester City Primary PRU 5–11 yrs
Good
Very low
Leicester Partnership School 11–16 yrs 160
Good
Very low
Last updated: 16 Aug 2023