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. 8 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. 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

75 schools. 11 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Avanti Fields SchoolLeicester	1.65	60
King Richard III Infant and Nursery SchoolLeicester	1.22	60
Parks Primary SchoolLeicester	1.22	60
Montrose SchoolLeicester	1.15	60
Sandfield Close Primary SchoolLeicester	1.13	30
Evington Valley Primary SchoolLeicester	1.09	45
Rowlatts Mead Primary AcademyLeicester	1.08	60
Granby Primary SchoolLeicester	1.07	60
Christ the King Catholic Voluntary AcademyLeicester	1.06	89
St Mary's Fields Academy410	1.05	60
Highfields Primary SchoolLeicester	1.02	48
Barley Croft Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	36
Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	21
Buswells Lodge Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	27
Charnwood Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	40
Coleman Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	32
Glebelands Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	41
Heatherbrook Primary AcademyLeicester	1.00	12
Hope Hamilton CofE Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	60
Medway Community Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	47
Mellor Community Primary SchoolLEICESTER	1.00	58
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
Stokes Wood Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	37
Taylor Road Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	63
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
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
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
Wolsey House Primary SchoolLeicester	0.97	59
Catherine Infant SchoolLeicester	0.96	83
Green Lane Infant SchoolLeicester	0.96	55
Beaumont Lodge Primary SchoolLeicester	0.96	26
Mowmacre Hill Primary SchoolLeicester	0.96	26
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
Alderman Richard Hallam Primary SchoolLeicester	0.95	106
Eyres Monsell Primary SchoolLeicester	0.95	41
Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyLeicester	0.95	19
Queensmead Primary AcademyLeicester	0.94	36
Forest Lodge AcademyLeicester	0.93	45
Fosse Mead Primary AcademyLeicester	0.93	57
Knighton Mead Primary AcademyLeicester	0.93	27
Imperial Avenue Infant SchoolLeicester	0.91	82
Falcons Primary SchoolLeicester	0.91	46
Hazel Community Primary SchoolLeicester	0.89	47
Thurnby Mead Primary AcademyLeicester	0.89	27
Dovelands Primary SchoolLeicester	0.86	58
Krishna Avanti Primary SchoolLeicester	0.74	58
Herrick Primary SchoolLeicester	0.74	19

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

21 schools. 10 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
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
Avanti Fields SchoolLeicester	1.15	185	not published
Castle Mead AcademyLeicester	1.11	250	not published
Soar Valley CollegeLeicester	0.99	317	1.373 miles 2026
Babington AcademyLeicester	0.85	212	not published
Moat Community CollegeLeicester	0.83	215	1.356 miles 2026
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
Lancaster AcademyLeicester	0.56	156	not published
Judgemeadow Community CollegeLeicester	0.49	168	not published