School admissions in Leicester

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

144 schools. 28 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Avanti Fields SchoolLeicester	1.65	60
Rothley Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.35	89
Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary SchoolLeicester	1.30	60
Newtown Linford Primary SchoolLeicester	1.29	17
Lady Jane Grey Primary SchoolLeicester	1.27	30
The Pochin SchoolLeicester	1.25	20
Thurnby, St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.24	29
King Richard III Infant and Nursery SchoolLeicester	1.22	60
Parks Primary SchoolLeicester	1.22	60
Elizabeth Woodville Primary SchoolLeicester	1.20	30
Townlands Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.20	30
Fossebrook Primary SchoolLeicester	1.18	28
New Lubbesthorpe Primary SchoolLeicester	1.18	73
Montrose SchoolLeicester	1.15	60
Brocks Hill Primary SchoolLeicester	1.14	90
Cossington Church of England Primary SchoolLEICESTER	1.14	14
The Hall SchoolLeicester	1.14	59
Kirby Muxloe Primary SchoolLeicester	1.13	60
Sandfield Close Primary SchoolLeicester	1.13	30
Millfield L.E.A.D. AcademyLeicester	1.12	59
Newbold Verdon Primary SchoolLeicester	1.11	28
Evington Valley Primary SchoolLeicester	1.09	45
Rowlatts Mead Primary AcademyLeicester	1.08	60
Granby Primary SchoolLeicester	1.07	60
Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.07	30
Christ the King Catholic Voluntary AcademyLeicester	1.06	89
Highfields Primary SchoolLeicester	1.02	48
Glen Hills Primary SchoolLeicester	1.02	59
Arnesby Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	7
Barley Croft Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	36
Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	21
Broomfield Community Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	25
Buswells Lodge Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	27
Charnwood Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	40
Coleman Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	32
Eastfield Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	26
Fleckney Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	68
Gaddesby Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	29
Glebelands Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	41
Heatherbrook Primary AcademyLeicester	1.00	12
Hope Hamilton CofE Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	60
Langmoor Primary School OadbyLeicester	1.00	17
Medway Community Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	47
Mellor Community Primary SchoolLEICESTER	1.00	58
Old Mill Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	47
Queniborough Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	30
Riverside Community Primary School BirstallLeicester	1.00	39
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary AcademyLeicester	1.00	23
Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary AcademyLeicester	1.00	24
Shenton Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	24
Slater Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	21
Sparkenhoe Community Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	58
St John the Baptist CofE Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	58
St Joseph's Catholic AcademyLeicester	1.00	18
St Michael & All Angels Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	8
St Peter and St Paul Church of England AcademyLeicester	1.00	34
Stokes Wood Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	37
Taylor Road Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	63
The Pastures Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	45
Thrussington Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	15
Thurlaston Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	14
Tugby Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	6
Willowbrook Mead Primary AcademyLeicester	1.00	35
Woodstock Primary AcademyLeicester	1.00	25
Overdale Infant SchoolLeicester	0.99	84
Abbey Mead Primary AcademyLeicester	0.99	82
Spinney Hill Primary SchoolLeicester	0.99	78
Merrydale Infant SchoolLeicester	0.99	76
Whitehall Primary SchoolLeicester	0.99	75
Kibworth Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	0.98	65
Kestrel Mead Primary AcademyLeicester	0.98	59
Caldecote Community Primary SchoolLeicester	0.98	58
Scraptoft Valley Primary SchoolLeicester	0.98	55
Marriott Primary SchoolLeicester	0.98	51
North Mead Primary AcademyLeicester	0.98	49
Uplands Infant SchoolLeicester	0.98	93
Mayflower Primary SchoolLeicester	0.98	46
Inglehurst Infant SchoolLeicester	0.98	45
Rolleston Primary SchoolLeicester	0.98	44
Cosby Primary SchoolLeicester	0.98	43
Linden Primary SchoolLeicester	0.98	43
Wyvern Primary SchoolLeicester	0.98	42
Rushey Mead Primary SchoolLeicester	0.97	40
Humberstone Infant AcademyLeicester	0.97	73
St Barnabas CofE Primary SchoolLeicester	0.97	35
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary AcademyLeicester	0.97	35
Braunstone Frith Primary AcademyLeicester	0.97	60
Hallam Fields, BirstallLeicester	0.97	30
Red Hill Field Primary SchoolLeicester	0.97	30
Wolsey House Primary SchoolLeicester	0.97	59
All Saints Church of England Primary School, SapcoteLeicester	0.97	29
Badgerbrook Primary SchoolLeicester	0.97	58
Greystoke Primary SchoolLeicester	0.97	29
Enderby Danemill Primary SchoolLeicester	0.96	28
Catherine Infant SchoolLeicester	0.96	83
Green Lane Infant SchoolLeicester	0.96	55
Manorfield Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	0.96	53
Beaumont Lodge Primary SchoolLeicester	0.96	26
Mowmacre Hill Primary SchoolLeicester	0.96	26
The Merton Primary SchoolLeicester	0.96	48
Avenue Primary SchoolLeicester	0.96	46
Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A church of England SchoolLeicester	0.96	23
Braunstone Community Primary SchoolLeicester	0.96	45
Desford Community Primary SchoolLeicester	0.96	45
Alderman Richard Hallam Primary SchoolLeicester	0.95	106
Eyres Monsell Primary SchoolLeicester	0.95	41
Woodland Grange Primary SchoolLeicester	0.95	60
Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyLeicester	0.95	19
Queensmead Primary AcademyLeicester	0.94	36
Barwell Infant SchoolLeicester	0.93	60
Forest Lodge AcademyLeicester	0.93	45
Fosse Mead Primary AcademyLeicester	0.93	57
Billesdon Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	0.93	14
Knighton Mead Primary AcademyLeicester	0.93	27
Greenfield Primary SchoolLeicester	0.93	67
Bishop Ellis Catholic Voluntary AcademyLeicester	0.92	25
Imperial Avenue Infant SchoolLeicester	0.91	82
Falcons Primary SchoolLeicester	0.91	46
Brookside Primary SchoolLeicester	0.91	55
Croft Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	0.90	10
Great Glen St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	0.90	30
Hazel Community Primary SchoolLeicester	0.89	47
Huncote Primary SchoolLeicester	0.89	18
Thurnby Mead Primary AcademyLeicester	0.89	27
The Latimer Primary SchoolLeicester	0.88	43
Church Hill Infant SchoolLeicester	0.88	59
Fernvale Primary SchoolLeicester	0.88	33
Highcliffe Primary School and Community CentreLeicester	0.88	56
St Simon and St Jude CofE Primary SchoolLeicester	0.87	23
Ratby Primary SchoolLeicester	0.87	45
Woolden Hill Primary SchoolLeicester	0.87	30
Stafford Leys Community Primary SchoolLeicester	0.86	51
Dovelands Primary SchoolLeicester	0.86	58
St Peter's Church of England Primary School WhetstoneLeicester	0.86	28
Ravenhurst Primary SchoolLeicester	0.84	31
Glenfield Primary SchoolLeicester	0.81	58
Claybrooke Primary SchoolLeicester	0.80	5
Newlands Community Primary SchoolLeicester	0.79	29
Krishna Avanti Primary SchoolLeicester	0.74	58
Herrick Primary SchoolLeicester	0.74	19
Kingsway Primary SchoolLeicester	0.73	45
Richard Hill Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	0.73	15
Blaby Stokes Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	0.73	11
Martinshaw Primary SchoolLeicester	0.68	28

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

35 schools. 15 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Madani Boys SchoolLeicester	2.24	90	not published
Madani Girls' SchoolLeicester	2.24	90	not published
Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A church of England SchoolLeicester	1.63	60	not published
Gartree High SchoolLeicester	1.45	172	not published
English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary AcademyLeicester	1.32	185	not published
Crown Hills Community CollegeLeicester	1.25	306	0.705 miles 2026
Brook Mead AcademyLeicester	1.23	245	not published
St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyLeicester	1.17	184	not published
Rushey Mead AcademyLeicester	1.16	356	1.139 miles 2026
Bosworth AcademyLeicester	1.16	238	not published
Avanti Fields SchoolLeicester	1.15	185	not published
Castle Mead AcademyLeicester	1.11	250	not published
The Winstanley SchoolLeicester	1.11	126	not published
Manor High SchoolLeicester	1.03	208	not published
The Cedars AcademyLeicester	1.01	180	not published
Wreake Valley AcademyLeicester	0.99	205	not published
Soar Valley CollegeLeicester	0.99	317	1.373 miles 2026
Brookvale Groby Learning CampusLeicester	0.96	249	not published
Kibworth Mead AcademyLeicester	0.95	178	not published
Heath Lane AcademyLeicester	0.90	84	not published
The Martin High School AnsteyLeicester	0.90	175	not published
Babington AcademyLeicester	0.85	212	not published
Moat Community CollegeLeicester	0.83	215	1.356 miles 2026
Thomas Estley Community CollegeLeicester	0.82	159	not published
Brockington CollegeLeicester	0.79	234	not published
Fullhurst Community CollegeLeicester	0.78	233	not published
Sir Jonathan North Girls' CollegeLeicester	0.77	229	not published
The Herewoode AcademyLeicester	0.77	184	not published
The City of Leicester CollegeLeicester	0.76	245	2.385 miles 2026
Orchard Mead AcademyLeicester	0.75	205	not published
Beaumont Leys SchoolLeicester	0.74	192	not published
Beauchamp CollegeLeicester	0.72	325	not published
The Roundhill AcademyLeicester	0.68	121	not published
Lancaster AcademyLeicester	0.56	156	not published
Judgemeadow Community CollegeLeicester	0.49	168	not published