Overall Oxbridge
#671
13 ranked schools · -18 places vs Eng avg #653 of 1,538
Applications
207
Offers
52
Offer rate25.1%
-3.6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 28.7%
Schools in Leicester
The East Midlands' dominant city, Leicester sits on the River Soar in central Leicestershire, its origins reaching back through Anglo-Saxon settlement and Viking occupation to the Roman town of Ratae Corieltauvorum, whose Jewry Wall stands as one of the largest pieces of Roman civil masonry still upright in Britain. Humberstone and the West End extend the residential canvas eastward and westward, completing a city of some 388,000 people that has ranked consistently among the best places to live and work in the East Midlands.
Stoneygate, the leafy Victorian suburb curving south from the city centre, is widely regarded as one of Leicester's most school-competitive postcodes for state places, while Oadby draws families targeting secondary options in the adjacent borough. Loughborough adds further reach for county-wide school searches. East Midlands Railway links the city to London St Pancras in around an hour, with regional services reaching Derby, Nottingham, and Peterborough.
158
Primary
schools
38
Secondary
schools
12
All-through
schools
4
Post-16
colleges
24
Special
schools
5
Other
schools
of which23sixth forms·54faith241 total
Area Performance
Leicester schools rank in the top 51% of England
Across 212 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.34/10, -0.05 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
14% Elite
Distribution across all Leicester schools
EliteExcellentGoodDeveloping
Leicester vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 51%
Across all ranked Leicester schools
Top 53%Primaryavg #7,855 of 14,821
Top 49%Secondaryavg #1,875 of 3,803
Top 41%Sixth formavg #1,042 of 2,523
Primary schools: 145 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.1/10
-0.23 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#7,855
-3 pts vs medianmedian 7,411
top 53% of 14,821
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
63%
+1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
6%
-2 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.1/10
-0.23 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#7,855
-3 pts vs medianmedian 7,411
top 53% of 14,821
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
63%
+1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
6%
-2 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Secondary schools: 50 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.7/10
+0.32 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#1,875
+1 pts vs medianmedian 1,902
top 49% of 3,803
% achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A)state
68%
+12 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 56%
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
45.3
+6.2 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.7/10
+0.32 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#1,875
+1 pts vs medianmedian 1,902
top 49% of 3,803
% achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A)state
68%
+12 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 56%
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
45.3
+6.2 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Sixth form schools: 17 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
8.2/10
+0.45 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,042
+9 pts vs medianmedian 1,262
top 41% of 2,523
% A*-A at A-Level
30%
+5 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
56%
+6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Average FMS Inspection Score
8.2/10
+0.45 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,042
+9 pts vs medianmedian 1,262
top 41% of 2,523
% A*-A at A-Level
30%
+5 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
56%
+6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Oxford
#270
13 ranked schools · -8 places vs Eng avg #262 of 1,866
Applications
85
Offers
7
Offer rate8.2%
-8.4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 16.6%
Cambridge
#788
16 ranked schools · -89 places vs Eng avg #699 of 1,830
Applications
137
Offers
45
Offer rate32.9%
-4.2 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 37.0%
Top 3 Primary Schools
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Top 3 Secondary Schools
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Leicester town
Top 3 Sixth Forms
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Leicester town
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