Schools in Leicester
134 schools in the Leicester local authority.
Schools
134
Open schools
Pupils
61,026
2025–26 census
Good or better
92%
98 of 107 graded
Academic Performance
5.1
out of 10 · 119 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 11 10%
- Good
- 87 81%
- Requires improvement
- 7 7%
- Inadequate
- 2 2%
8 inspected since 2024, no overall grade9 superseded by a report card19 not judged1 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
5.1
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 119 of 134 schools that can be scored
Pupils
61,026
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 132 of 134 schools (61,026 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
27%Asian
49%Black
11%Mixed
8%Chinese
<1%Any other group
3%Unclassified
1%Ethnicity from 112 of 134 schools (58,503 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 29.0%
- First language not English
- 56.0%
- Young carers
- <1%
17,015 of 58,615 pupils · 113 of 134 schools
32,790 of 58,503 pupils · 112 of 134 schools
378 of 58,503 pupils · 112 of 134 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 83
- Secondary
- 22
- All-through
- 3
- Special
- 14
- PRU
- 2
- Not recorded
- 10
Top primary schools in Leicester
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Abbey Mead Primary AcademyLeicester · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 2.Humberstone Junior SchoolLeicester · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 3.Catherine Infant SchoolLeicester · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 4.Parks Primary SchoolLeicester · Primary9.0/10
- 5.Whitehall Primary SchoolLeicester · Primary8.9/10Good
- 6.North Mead Primary AcademyLeicester · Primary8.8/10Good
- 7.Stokes Wood Primary SchoolLeicester · Primary8.7/10Good
- 8.Queensmead Primary AcademyLeicester · Primary8.6/10Good
- 9.Caldecote Community Primary SchoolLeicester · Primary8.5/10Good
- 10.St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary AcademyLeicester · Primary8.5/10Good
- 11.Rowlatts Mead Primary AcademyLeicester · Primary8.4/10Good
- 12.Hope Hamilton CofE Primary SchoolLeicester · Primary8.2/10Good
- 13.Spinney Hill Primary SchoolLeicester · Primary8.1/10Good
- 14.Thurnby Mead Primary AcademyLeicester · Primary7.8/10Good
- 15.Sparkenhoe Community Primary SchoolLeicester · Primary7.7/10Good
- 16.Christ the King Catholic Voluntary AcademyLeicester · Primary7.5/10
- 17.Falcons Primary SchoolLeicester · Primary7.5/10Good
- 18.Overdale Junior SchoolLeicester · Primary7.5/10Good
- 19.Beaumont Lodge Primary SchoolLeicester · Primary7.4/10Good
- 20.Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary AcademyLeicester · Primary7.4/10Good
Top secondary schools in Leicester
The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Castle Mead Academy Leicester · Secondary9.6/10Outstanding
- 2.Rushey Mead AcademyLeicester · Secondary9.6/10Outstanding
- 3.Brook Mead AcademyLeicester · Secondary9.4/10Outstanding
- 4.Madani Girls' SchoolLeicester · Secondary8.8/10Good
- 5.Sir Jonathan North Girls' CollegeLeicester · Secondary8.3/10
- 6.Avanti Fields SchoolLeicester · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 7.English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary AcademyLeicester · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 8.Madani Boys SchoolLeicester · Secondary8.1/10Good
- 9.St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyLeicester · Secondary8.1/10Good
- 10.Soar Valley CollegeLeicester · Secondary7.6/10
- 11.Crown Hills Community CollegeLeicester · Secondary6.8/10
- 12.Judgemeadow Community CollegeLeicester · Secondary5.9/10Good
- 13.Beaumont Leys SchoolLeicester · Secondary5.6/10
- 14.Moat Community CollegeLeicester · Secondary3.7/10Good
- 15.Fullhurst Community CollegeLeicester · Secondary2.3/10Good
- 16.Orchard Mead AcademyLeicester · Secondary2.3/10Good
- 17.Babington AcademyLeicester · Secondary1.9/10Good
- 18.Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A church of England SchoolLeicester · Secondary1.9/10Good
- 19.Lancaster AcademyLeicester · Secondary1.6/10Good
- 20.The City of Leicester CollegeLeicester · Secondary0.7/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Leicester
- How many schools are there in Leicester?
- Leicester has 134 open schools — 83 primary, 22 secondary, 14 special, teaching 61,026 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Leicester are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 98 of the 107 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 92% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 11 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 134: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Leicester?
- 5.1 out of 10, averaged across the 119 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Leicester schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 27 schools in Leicester currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Leicester local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Leicester covers 134 schools and sits in the East Midlands region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Leicester are eligible for free school meals?
- 29.0% — 17,015 of 58,615 pupils at the 113 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the East Midlands region.