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State secondary schools in Leicester

21 schools · East Midlands · 2024/25 Department for Education figures

Leicester has 21 state secondaries, 3 of them with sixth forms. 83.9% of families got their first choice last year, about the national picture. Results run from 26.1% to 73.4% passing English and maths, a spread of 47 points, with a middle school at 47.9%, almost exactly England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 3 rated Outstanding, 13 Good, 1 Requires improvement. 4 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

21 schools in Leicester. Tap one, or see the full list.
26% 73% passed English & maths no figure

Leicester against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

43%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

2.2% below England

England 45%

45.5

Attainment 8 average score

in line with England

England 46.1

18%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

3.1% below England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across Leicester

83.9%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

94.5%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

0%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

3%

Appeals upheld9 of 358 heard

These are figures for Leicester as a whole. A popular school can be much harder to get into than the average suggests, and the criteria that decide it are set by each school's own admission authority rather than centrally. How applying works

How much the choice matters here

Across Leicester's 20 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 26% to 73%. That is a spread of 47 percentage points, about typical.

The typical council spans about 48 points. Where schools are close together the school a child gets matters less; where they are far apart it matters a great deal. The widest spreads are all selective areas, where grammar schools sit at one end and everything else at the other.

Leicester schools, subject by subject

The share reaching grade 4 or above, among schools entering at least 20 pupils. Which pupils take a subject differs a lot between schools, so read this as what happened rather than as a ranking of teaching.

mathsgeographyenglish literatureenglish languagecombined sciencehistorycomputer sciencereligious studiesartphysicsfrenchchemistrybiologydesign technologybusiness studiesspanishfood technologysociology
  1. 1 Madani Girls' School Leicester · 93 entries 92%
  2. 2 Sir Jonathan North Girls' College Leicester · 228 entries 86%
  3. 3 St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy Leicester · 175 entries 86%
  4. 4 Madani Boys School Leicester · 88 entries 84%
  5. 5 English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy Leicester · 188 entries 84%
  6. 6 Castle Mead Academy Leicester · 225 entries 82%
  7. 7 Avanti Fields School Leicester · 173 entries 82%
  8. 8 The City of Leicester College Leicester · 264 entries 81%
  9. 9 Soar Valley College Leicester · 307 entries 80%
  10. 10 Crown Hills Community College Leicester · 285 entries 79%
  11. 11 Rushey Mead Academy Leicester · 312 entries 79%
  12. 12 Moat Community College Leicester · 197 entries 75%
  13. 13 Judgemeadow Community College Leicester · 231 entries 74%
  14. 14 Fullhurst Community College Leicester · 260 entries 74%
  15. 15 Beaumont Leys School Leicester · 205 entries 73%
  16. 16 Lancaster Academy Leicester · 208 entries 65%
  17. 17 Orchard Mead Academy Leicester · 217 entries 64%
  18. 18 The Herewoode Academy Leicester · 194 entries 63%
  19. 19 Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A church of England School Leicester · 118 entries 59%
  20. 20 Babington Academy Leicester · 265 entries 59%
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Every school in Leicester

Leicester is a separate local authority inside Leicestershire, so schools in the surrounding county are not in this list. See Leicestershire.

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Pick up to 4 schools to see them side by side in the comparison tool, subject by subject.

Sixth form · Key stage 5·2024/25

A levels in Leicester

3 of Leicester's 3 sixth forms publish A level results. Ranked on the share reaching AAB or better in at least two of the subjects universities name, which is the measure the steepest entry requirements are written in.

Sixth form Grade AAB+

A level results only. A sixth form running mostly BTECs and other applied courses will show a dash here and can still be the right one — those are graded on their own scale, where a distinction and an A grade carry the same points and mean different things.

Bordering Leicester

Near a boundary, schools on both sides are usually in reach. Whether a child can apply is set by each school's admission criteria, not by the border.

Leicestershire 44 schools · 47% passed English & maths

What these mean

Attainment 8
The average pupil's total score across eight GCSE-equivalent subjects, with English and maths counting double. It is scored out of 90. A score of 50 is roughly equivalent to achieving a grade 5 across eight subjects.
Grades 4 and 5
GCSEs are graded from 9 down to 1. Grade 4 is a standard pass and broadly corresponds to the old grade C; grade 5 is what the government calls a strong pass. Grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an old grade A.
Persistent absence
The share of pupils who miss at least 10% of their possible sessions during the school year. This includes both authorised and unauthorised absence, so illness and other authorised reasons are included. Persistent absence has remained substantially higher than its pre-pandemic level.
First preference
The share of families who were offered the school they ranked first on their application, on national offer day in March. This figure is calculated across the relevant schools or admissions authority, so a high overall figure does not necessarily mean that every individual school is easy to get into.
Spare places
The amount of available capacity a school has compared with the number of pupils on roll. This is different from oversubscription: spare places measure whether a school has capacity, whereas oversubscription describes demand for places exceeding the number available. A school with no spare places may be popular, but a small school can also be full without receiving a large number of applications.
Average A-level grade
The average grade achieved across students' A-level entries. This is different from measures such as the proportion achieving AAB or better in two or more facilitating subjects, which are sometimes used to indicate higher attainment and university-entry performance.
Covers state-funded schools in England; independent schools are not included, and neither the list nor the subject figures above take account of them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Key stage 4 performance and school characteristics: Department for Education, 2024/25. Inspection outcomes: Ofsted.