East Midlands
Primary schools in Leicester
132 schools, 61,439 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 49.
Ofsted across Leicester
Good57
Requires improvement6
Outstanding6
Inadequate1
No overall grade62
70 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 62 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Primary schools in Leicester
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2022 | 88% |
| Queensmead Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Leicester | Good 2024 | 87% |
| Parks Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | No grade | 85% |
| Caldecote Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | No grade | 82% |
| Humberstone Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Leicester | Outstanding 2023 | 81% |
| Beaumont Lodge Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2023 | 79% |
| Kestrel Mead Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2024 | 79% |
| Evington Valley Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2023 | 77% |
| Rowlatts Mead Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2023 | 76% |
| Linden Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | No grade | 75% |
| Braunstone Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Leicester | No grade | 75% |
| Krishna Avanti Primary SchoolFree schools | Leicester | Good 2023 | 73% |
| Willowbrook Mead Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2023 | 73% |
| Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Leicester | No grade | 72% |
| Whitehall Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2024 | 71% |
| Abbey Mead Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | Outstanding 2024 | 70% |
| Spinney Hill Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2022 | 69% |
| North Mead Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Leicester | Good 2024 | 69% |
| Sparkenhoe Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2023 | 68% |
| Folville Junior SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | No grade | 67% |
| Slater Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Requires improvement 2024 | 67% |
| Merrydale Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Leicester | No grade | 67% |
| Hope Hamilton CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2022 | 67% |
| Charnwood Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Leicester | No grade | 67% |
| St Barnabas CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Leicester | Good 2023 | 66% |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | No grade | 66% |
| Wyvern Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | No grade | 65% |
| Hazel Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | No grade | 65% |
| Highfields Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Leicester | No grade | 65% |
| Stokes Wood Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2023 | 64% |
| Sandfield Close Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | No grade | 64% |
| Medway Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2022 | 64% |
| Dovelands Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2022 | 63% |
| Falcons Primary SchoolFree schools | Leicester | Good 2023 | 63% |
| Knighton Mead Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | No grade | 63% |
| Overdale Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2022 | 62% |
| St Mary's Fields AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 410 | Requires improvement 2023 | 62% |
| St John the Baptist CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Leicester | Good 2023 | 61% |
| Avenue Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | No grade | 61% |
| Shenton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2020 | 61% |
| Mayflower Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | No grade | 60% |
| Mellor Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | LEICESTER | Good 2023 | 59% |
| Coleman Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | No grade | 59% |
| Shaftesbury Junior SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2022 | 58% |
| Herrick Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2024 | 58% |
| Fosse Mead Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Leicester | Good 2024 | 58% |
| Inglehurst Junior SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2023 | 56% |
| Montrose SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | No grade | 56% |
| Heatherbrook Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Leicester | Good 2024 | 56% |
| Alderman Richard Hallam Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2022 | 55% |
| Forest Lodge AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2022 | 55% |
| Christ the King Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | No grade | 54% |
| St Joseph's Catholic AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2022 | 53% |
| Mowmacre Hill Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Leicester | No grade | 53% |
| Woodstock Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | Requires improvement 2023 | 52% |
| Wolsey House Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | No grade | 51% |
| Braunstone Frith Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2024 | 51% |
| Barley Croft Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | No grade | 49% |
| Glebelands Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2023 | 48% |
| Granby Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2023 | 47% |
| Rushey Mead Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2024 | 46% |
| Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2023 | 45% |
| Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Leicester | No grade | 45% |
| Catherine Junior SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2023 | 43% |
| Thurnby Mead Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | No grade | 43% |
| Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2023 | 43% |
| Bridge Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Leicester | Requires improvement 2022 | 43% |
| Rolleston Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | No grade | 42% |
| Scraptoft Valley Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2022 | 37% |
| Eyres Monsell Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2024 | 34% |
| Marriott Primary SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2022 | 34% |
| Catherine Infant SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | No grade | — |
| Imperial Avenue Infant SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2023 | — |
| King Richard III Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Requires improvement 2024 | — |
| Merrydale Infant SchoolCommunity school | Leicester | Good 2023 | — |
| Humberstone Infant AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Leicester | Good 2024 | — |
| Overdale Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Leicester | No grade | — |
| Green Lane Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2023 | — |
| Uplands Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2022 | — |
| Inglehurst Infant SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Leicester | Inadequate 2022 | — |
| Buswells Lodge Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Leicester | Requires improvement 2022 | — |
| Taylor Road Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Leicester | No grade | — |