Overall Oxbridge
#892
15 ranked schools · +22 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,983
Applications
243
Offers
41
Offer rate16.9%
-5.5 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
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.
157
Primary
schools
37
Secondary
schools
12
All-through
schools
4
Post-16
colleges
20
Special
schools
5
Other
schools
of which23sixth forms·54faith235 total
Area Performance
Leicester schools rank in the top 51% of England
Across 218 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.27/10, -0.14 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
11% Elite
Distribution across all Leicester schools
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Leicester vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 51%
Across all ranked Leicester schools
Top 53%Primaryavg #8,001 of 14,978
Top 49%Secondaryavg #1,874 of 3,862
Top 42%Sixth formavg #1,067 of 2,555
Primary schools: 145 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.0/10
-0.31 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#8,001
-3 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 53% of 14,978
% 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
7.0/10
-0.31 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#8,001
-3 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 53% of 14,978
% 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: 49 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.7/10
+0.27 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#1,874
+1 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 49% of 3,862
% 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
+0.27 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#1,874
+1 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 49% of 3,862
% 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: 24 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.8/10
+0.07 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,067
+8 pts vs medianmedian 1,278
top 42% of 2,555
% 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
7.8/10
+0.07 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,067
+8 pts vs medianmedian 1,278
top 42% of 2,555
% 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
10 ranked schools · -17 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,197
Applications
119
Offers
7
Offer rate5.9%
-9.2 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 15.1%
Cambridge
#703
14 ranked schools · +70 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,880
Applications
124
Offers
34
Offer rate27.4%
-2.0 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 29.4%
Top 3 Primary Schools
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Top 3 Secondary Schools
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Leicester
Top 3 Sixth Forms
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Leicester
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