Schools in East Midlands
2,277 schools in East Midlands.
Schools
2,277
Open schools
Pupils
748,802
2025–26 census
Good or better
92%
1667 of 1806 graded
Academic Performance
4.8
out of 10 · 2084 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 115 6%
- Good
- 1,552 86%
- Requires improvement
- 120 7%
- Inadequate
- 19 1%
235 inspected since 2024, no overall grade171 superseded by a report card236 not judged21 in a category of concern14 safeguarding not effective
4.8
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 2084 of 2277 schools that can be scored
Pupils
748,802
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 2254 of 2277 schools (748,802 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
73%Asian
11%Black
6%Mixed
6%Chinese
<1%Any other group
1%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 2076 of 2277 schools (720,407 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 26.0%
- First language not English
- 19.1%
- Young carers
- <1%
187,575 of 720,519 pupils · 2077 of 2277 schools
137,361 of 720,407 pupils · 2076 of 2277 schools
5,309 of 717,972 pupils · 2044 of 2277 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 1682
- Secondary
- 301
- All-through
- 25
- Special
- 125
- Nursery
- 32
- PRU
- 22
- Not recorded
- 90
Local authorities in East Midlands
10 local authorities, alphabetically. Percentages are of graded schools.
| Local authority | Schools | Pupils | Good or better | Academic Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby | 116 | 47,329 | 93%of 95 | 4.5/10 |
| Derbyshire | 447 | 108,815 | 92%of 354 | 4.6/10 |
| Leicester | 134 | 61,026 | 92%of 107 | 5.1/10 |
| Leicestershire | 323 | 107,044 | 91%of 258 | 5.0/10 |
| Lincolnshire | 393 | 110,127 | 91%of 299 | 4.4/10 |
| North Northamptonshire | 153 | 58,508 | 94%of 130 | 4.8/10 |
| Nottingham | 117 | 51,209 | 93%of 98 | 4.6/10 |
| Nottinghamshire | 364 | 126,957 | 92%of 287 | 4.9/10 |
| Rutland | 26 | 7,414 | 100%of 21 | 6.5/10 |
| West Northamptonshire | 204 | 70,373 | 95%of 157 | 5.2/10 |
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About schools in East Midlands
- How many schools are there in East Midlands?
- East Midlands has 2,277 open schools — 1,682 primary, 301 secondary, 125 special, 32 nursery, teaching 748,802 pupils in total.
- How many schools in East Midlands are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 1,667 of the 1,806 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 92% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 115 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 2,277: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in East Midlands?
- 4.8 out of 10, averaged across the 2,084 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 East Midlands schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 471 schools in East Midlands 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.
- Which local authorities are in East Midlands?
- East Midlands contains 10 local authorities, including Derby, Derbyshire, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Northamptonshire and 4 more. Most admissions and school-place decisions are made at that level rather than regionally.
- How many pupils in East Midlands are eligible for free school meals?
- 26.0% — 187,575 of 720,519 pupils at the 2,077 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.