Schools in Leicestershire
323 schools in the Leicestershire local authority.
Schools
323
Open schools
Pupils
107,044
2025–26 census
Good or better
91%
235 of 258 graded
Academic Performance
5.0
out of 10 · 299 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 14 5%
- Good
- 221 86%
- Requires improvement
- 22 9%
- Inadequate
- 1 <1%
32 inspected since 2024, no overall grade32 superseded by a report card33 not judged
5.0
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 299 of 323 schools that can be scored
Pupils
107,044
pupils on roll
Boys 52%48% Girls
Roll from 322 of 323 schools (107,044 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
78%Asian
10%Black
3%Mixed
6%Chinese
<1%Any other group
<1%Unclassified
1%Ethnicity from 287 of 323 schools (100,828 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 17.7%
- First language not English
- 10.3%
- Young carers
- <1%
17,797 of 100,828 pupils · 287 of 323 schools
10,337 of 100,828 pupils · 287 of 323 schools
445 of 100,752 pupils · 285 of 323 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 232
- Secondary
- 47
- All-through
- 4
- Special
- 13
- Nursery
- 2
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 24
Top primary schools in Leicestershire
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Kibworth Church of England Primary SchoolLeicestershire · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.Brocks Hill Primary SchoolLeicestershire · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 3.Stathern Primary SchoolLeicestershire · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 4.Booth Wood AcademyLeicestershire · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 5.Woodhouse Eaves St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolLeicestershire · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 6.Ashby Hill Top Primary SchoolLeicestershire · Primary9.2/10Outstanding
- 7.Swithland St Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolLeicestershire · Primary9.0/10Good
- 8.The Pastures Primary SchoolLeicestershire · Primary9.0/10Good
- 9.Church Langton Church of England Primary SchoolLeicestershire · Primary8.9/10Good
- 10.Griffydam Primary SchoolLeicestershire · Primary8.9/10Good
- 11.Millfield L.E.A.D. AcademyLeicestershire · Primary8.9/10Good
- 12.Saint Peter's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyLeicestershire · Primary8.8/10Good
- 13.Sheepy Magna Church of England Primary SchoolLeicestershire · Primary8.8/10
- 14.Bringhurst Primary SchoolLeicestershire · Primary8.7/10Good
- 15.Long Whatton Church of England Primary School and Community CentreLeicestershire · Primary8.7/10Good
- 16.Orchard Community Primary SchoolLeicestershire · Primary8.7/10Good
- 17.Rothley Church of England Primary SchoolLeicestershire · Primary8.7/10Good
- 18.Hallam Fields, BirstallLeicestershire · Primary8.6/10Good
- 19.Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary AcademyLeicestershire · Primary8.6/10Good
- 20.Holywell Primary SchoolLeicestershire · Primary8.5/10Good
Top secondary schools in Leicestershire
The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.The Market Bosworth SchoolLeicestershire · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.Manor High SchoolLeicestershire · Secondary8.8/10Good
- 3.Beauchamp CollegeLeicestershire · Secondary8.6/10Good
- 4.Gartree High SchoolLeicestershire · Secondary8.6/10
- 5.De Lisle College Loughborough LeicestershireLeicestershire · Secondary8.4/10Good
- 6.Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary AcademyLeicestershire · Secondary8.4/10Good
- 7.The Robert Smyth AcademyLeicestershire · Secondary8.3/10Good
- 8.Welland Park AcademyLeicestershire · Secondary8.3/10Good
- 9.Woodbrook Vale SchoolLeicestershire · Secondary7.8/10Good
- 10.Humphrey Perkins SchoolLeicestershire · Secondary7.7/10
- 11.Lutterworth High SchoolLeicestershire · Secondary7.7/10Good
- 12.Brookvale Groby Learning CampusLeicestershire · Secondary7.6/10
- 13.Bosworth AcademyLeicestershire · Secondary7.5/10Good
- 14.Limehurst AcademyLeicestershire · Secondary7.4/10Good
- 15.Ashby SchoolLeicestershire · Secondary7.1/10Good
- 16.Castle Donington CollegeLeicestershire · Secondary7.1/10Good
- 17.Hastings High SchoolLeicestershire · Secondary7.1/10Good
- 18.Kibworth Mead AcademyLeicestershire · Secondary6.9/10Good
- 19.Lutterworth CollegeLeicestershire · Secondary6.8/10Good
- 20.Long Field Spencer AcademyLeicestershire · Secondary6.7/10Good
Browse all 323 schools in Leicestershire — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Leicestershire
- How many schools are there in Leicestershire?
- Leicestershire has 323 open schools — 232 primary, 47 secondary, 13 special, 2 nursery, teaching 107,044 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Leicestershire are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 235 of the 258 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 91% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 14 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 323: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Leicestershire?
- 5.0 out of 10, averaged across the 299 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 Leicestershire schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 65 schools in Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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. Leicestershire covers 323 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 Leicestershire are eligible for free school meals?
- 17.7% — 17,797 of 100,828 pupils at the 287 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.