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State secondary schools in Leicestershire

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

Leicestershire has 44 state secondaries, 18 of them with sixth forms. 90.2% of families got their first choice last year, better than most of England. Results run from 17.8% to 72.1% passing English and maths, a spread of 54 points, with a middle school at 46.4%, almost exactly England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 1 rated Outstanding, 28 Good, 5 Requires improvement. 10 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

Leicester
44 schools in Leicestershire. Tap one, or see the full list. Leicester is a separate council, marked on the map.
18% 72% passed English & maths no figure

Leicestershire against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

47%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

1.4% above England

England 45%

46.2

Attainment 8 average score

in line with England

England 46.1

20%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

1.4% below England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across Leicestershire

90.2%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

97.7%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

0%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

8%

Appeals upheld13 of 159 heard

These are figures for Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire's 43 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 18% to 72%. That is a spread of 54 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.

Leicestershire 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.

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  1. 1 The Market Bosworth School Nuneaton · 154 entries 88%
  2. 2 Manor High School Leicester · 174 entries 86%
  3. 3 Welland Park Academy Market Harborough · 180 entries 86%
  4. 4 Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy Nuneaton · 151 entries 83%
  5. 5 The Robert Smyth Academy Market Harborough · 179 entries 83%
  6. 6 Gartree High School Leicester · 167 entries 82%
  7. 7 Beauchamp College Leicester · 294 entries 81%
  8. 8 Bosworth Academy Leicester · 235 entries 81%
  9. 9 Lutterworth High School Lutterworth · 167 entries 81%
  10. 10 Brookvale Groby Learning Campus Leicester · 233 entries 79%
  11. 11 Lutterworth College Lutterworth · 230 entries 77%
  12. 12 De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire Loughborough · 220 entries 77%
  13. 13 Woodbrook Vale School Loughborough · 160 entries 76%
  14. 14 Castle Donington College Derby · 126 entries 75%
  15. 15 Redmoor Academy Hinckley · 182 entries 75%
  16. 16 Humphrey Perkins School Loughborough · 153 entries 75%
  17. 17 Limehurst Academy Loughborough · 127 entries 74%
  18. 18 The Martin High School Anstey Leicester · 164 entries 74%
  19. 19 Ashby School Ashby-De-La-Zouch · 258 entries 74%
  20. 20 Brockington College Leicester · 233 entries 72%
  21. 21 Hastings High School Hinckley · 160 entries 71%
  22. 22 Ibstock School Ibstock · 177 entries 71%
  23. 23 Charnwood College Loughborough · 85 entries 71%
  24. 24 Long Field Spencer Academy Melton Mowbray · 178 entries 70%
  25. 25 The Hinckley School Hinckley · 143 entries 69%
  26. 26 Kibworth Mead Academy Leicester · 169 entries 69%
  27. 27 The Cedars Academy Leicester · 186 entries 68%
  28. 28 Countesthorpe Academy Countesthorpe · 198 entries 68%
  29. 29 The Newbridge School Coalville · 134 entries 68%
  30. 30 Rawlins Loughborough · 240 entries 68%
  31. 31 The Roundhill Academy Leicester · 147 entries 67%
  32. 32 Wigston Academy Wigston · 250 entries 65%
  33. 33 Thomas Estley Community College Leicester · 166 entries 64%
  34. 34 Iveshead School Loughborough · 162 entries 64%
  35. 35 John Ferneley College Melton Mowbray · 239 entries 64%
  36. 36 South Charnwood High School Markfield · 170 entries 62%
  37. 37 Wreake Valley Academy Leicester · 140 entries 61%
  38. 38 The Castle Rock School Coalville · 227 entries 59%
  39. 39 Ivanhoe School Ashby-de-la-Zouch · 100 entries 55%
  40. 40 Heath Lane Academy Leicester · 136 entries 53%
  41. 41 South Wigston High School Wigston · 158 entries 49%
  42. 42 The Winstanley School Leicester · 114 entries 33%
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Leicester sits inside Leicestershire but runs its own admissions as a separate local authority, so its schools are not in this list.

10 of 43 have no spare places. Sort the list, or narrow it first.

  • Ashby School Ashby-De-La-Zouch · Good.
    Eng & maths
    50%
    Attainment 8
    48.1
    Absence
    13%
  • Beauchamp College Leicester · Good.
    Eng & maths
    63%
    Attainment 8
    55.9
    Absence
    14%
  • Bosworth Academy Leicester · Good.
    Eng & maths
    55%
    Attainment 8
    48.6
    Absence
    13%
  • Brockington College Leicester · Requires improvement.
    Eng & maths
    44%
    Attainment 8
    46.8
    Absence
    20%
  • Brookvale Groby Learning Campus Leicester · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    54%
    Attainment 8
    49.5
    Absence
    20%
  • Castle Donington College Derby · Good.
    Eng & maths
    55%
    Attainment 8
    48.2
    Absence
    21%
  • Charnwood College Loughborough · Good.
    Eng & maths
    34%
    Attainment 8
    43.9
    Absence
    17%
  • Countesthorpe Academy Countesthorpe · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    41%
    Attainment 8
    38.9
    Absence
    26%
  • De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire Loughborough · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    60%
    Attainment 8
    55.1
    Absence
    13%
  • Gartree High School Leicester · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    65%
    Attainment 8
    54
    Absence
    18%
  • Hastings High School Hinckley · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    53%
    Attainment 8
    48.5
    Absence
    19%
  • Heath Lane Academy Leicester · Good.
    Eng & maths
    34%
    Attainment 8
    40
    Absence
    26%
  • Humphrey Perkins School Loughborough · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    54%
    Attainment 8
    48.6
    Absence
    18%
  • Ibstock School Ibstock · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    38%
    Attainment 8
    41.5
    Absence
    28%
  • Ivanhoe School Ashby-de-la-Zouch · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    32%
    Attainment 8
    38.1
    Absence
    24%
  • Iveshead School Loughborough · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    41%
    Attainment 8
    43.7
    Absence
    24%
  • John Ferneley College Melton Mowbray · Requires improvement.
    Eng & maths
    37%
    Attainment 8
    43.8
    Absence
    23%
  • Kibworth Mead Academy Leicester · Good.
    Eng & maths
    50%
    Attainment 8
    47.8
    Absence
    21%
  • Limehurst Academy Loughborough · Good.
    Eng & maths
    54%
    Attainment 8
    48.2
    Absence
    20%
  • Long Field Spencer Academy Melton Mowbray · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    52%
    Attainment 8
    46.1
    Absence
    26%
  • Lutterworth College Lutterworth · Good.
    Eng & maths
    48%
    Attainment 8
    48.7
    Absence
    16%
  • Lutterworth High School Lutterworth · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    51%
    Attainment 8
    51.8
    Absence
    15%
  • Manor High School Leicester · Good.
    Eng & maths
    72%
    Attainment 8
    58.9
    Absence
    16%
  • Rawlins Loughborough · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    46%
    Attainment 8
    45
    Absence
    28%
  • Redmoor Academy Hinckley · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    46%
    Attainment 8
    47.9
    Absence
    19%
  • Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy Nuneaton · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    63%
    Attainment 8
    54.3
    Absence
    15%
  • South Charnwood High School Markfield · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    43%
    Attainment 8
    46.5
    Absence
    17%
  • South Wigston High School Wigston · Requires improvement.
    Eng & maths
    23%
    Attainment 8
    34.5
    Absence
    32%
  • The Castle Rock School Coalville · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    38%
    Attainment 8
    42.5
    Absence
    25%
  • The Cedars Academy Leicester · Good.
    Eng & maths
    42%
    Attainment 8
    45.1
    Absence
    18%
  • The Hinckley School Hinckley · Good.
    Eng & maths
    41%
    Attainment 8
    43.8
    Absence
    26%
  • The Market Bosworth School Nuneaton · Outstanding.
    Eng & maths
    72%
    Attainment 8
    59.5
    Absence
    15%
  • The Martin High School Anstey Leicester · Good.
    Eng & maths
    44%
    Attainment 8
    44.6
    Absence
    19%
  • The Newbridge School Coalville · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    37%
    Attainment 8
    41.2
    Absence
    23%
  • The Priory Belvoir Academy Nottingham · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    41%
    Attainment 8
    46.3
    Absence
    17%
  • The Robert Smyth Academy Market Harborough · Good.
    Eng & maths
    63%
    Attainment 8
    53
    Absence
    13%
  • The Roundhill Academy Leicester · Requires improvement.
    Eng & maths
    47%
    Attainment 8
    45.9
    Absence
    23%
  • The Winstanley School Leicester · Good.
    Eng & maths
    18%
    Attainment 8
    29.9
    Absence
    32%
  • Thomas Estley Community College Leicester · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    44%
    Attainment 8
    46
    Absence
    23%
  • Welland Park Academy Market Harborough · Good.
    Eng & maths
    66%
    Attainment 8
    53.2
    Absence
    12%
  • Wigston Academy Wigston · Good.
    Eng & maths
    32%
    Attainment 8
    42.8
    Absence
    25%
  • Wigston College Wigston · Good.
    Eng & maths
    —
    Attainment 8
    —
    Absence
    —
  • Woodbrook Vale School Loughborough · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    53%
    Attainment 8
    51.2
    Absence
    19%
  • Wreake Valley Academy Leicester · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    34%
    Attainment 8
    39.7
    Absence
    27%

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Sixth form · Key stage 5·2024/25

A levels in Leicestershire

15 of Leicestershire's 18 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 Leicestershire

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.

Derbyshire 45 schools · 43% passed English & mathsLeicester 21 schools · 43% passed English & mathsLincolnshire 54 schools · 42% passed English & mathsNorth Northamptonshire 21 schools · 38% passed English & mathsNottinghamshire 44 schools · 47% passed English & mathsRutland 3 schools · 54% passed English & mathsStaffordshire 56 schools · 40% passed English & mathsWarwickshire 39 schools · 50% passed English & mathsWest Northamptonshire 22 schools · 42% 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.