School admissions in Leicestershire

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

225 schools. 46 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Foxbridge Primary SchoolCastle Donington	1.59	29
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School, Stoke GoldingNuneaton	1.55	29
Ashby Hastings Primary SchoolAshby-De-La-Zouch	1.47	30
Witherley Church of England Primary SchoolAtherstone	1.47	15
Hollycroft Primary SchoolHINCKLEY	1.36	28
Rothley Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.35	89
Asfordby Hill Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	1.35	26
Newcroft Primary AcademyLoughborough	1.34	59
Mercenfeld Primary SchoolMarkfield	1.33	30
Ashby Hill Top Primary SchoolAshby-de-la-Zouch	1.32	44
Wellington Place Primary SchoolMarket Harborough	1.31	29
Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary SchoolLeicester	1.30	60
Woodstone Community Primary SchoolCoalville	1.30	30
Newtown Linford Primary SchoolLeicester	1.29	17
Lady Jane Grey Primary SchoolLeicester	1.27	30
The Pochin SchoolLeicester	1.25	20
Battling Brook Primary SchoolHinckley	1.24	58
Thurnby, St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.24	29
Elizabeth Woodville Primary SchoolLeicester	1.20	30
Great Dalby SchoolMelton Mowbray	1.20	20
Packington Church of England Primary SchoolAshby-de-la-Zouch	1.20	15
Townlands Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.20	30
Little Hill PrimaryWigston	1.19	59
Fossebrook Primary SchoolLeicester	1.18	28
New Lubbesthorpe Primary SchoolLeicester	1.18	73
Scalford Church of England Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	1.17	12
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough	1.15	59
Brocks Hill Primary SchoolLeicester	1.14	90
Cossington Church of England Primary SchoolLEICESTER	1.14	14
The Hall SchoolLeicester	1.14	59
Husbands Bosworth Church of England Primary SchoolLutterworth	1.13	15
Kirby Muxloe Primary SchoolLeicester	1.13	60
Millfield L.E.A.D. AcademyLeicester	1.12	59
Newbold Verdon Primary SchoolLeicester	1.11	28
Richmond Primary SchoolHinckley	1.10	60
Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, LeicestershireWigston	1.07	29
Griffydam Primary SchoolCoalville	1.07	15
Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.07	30
Saint Peter's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyHinckley	1.07	30
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, BitteswellLutterworth	1.07	15
Warren Hills Community Primary SchoolCoalville	1.07	30
Burbage Church of England Infant SchoolHinckley	1.04	89
Donisthorpe Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.03	29
Fairfield Community Primary SchoolWigston	1.03	29
Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary SchoolLoughborough	1.03	30
Glen Hills Primary SchoolLeicester	1.02	59
Arnesby Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	7
Booth Wood AcademyLoughborough	1.00	29
Bottesford Church of England Primary SchoolNottingham	1.00	19
Broom Leys SchoolCoalville	1.00	61
Broomfield Community Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	25
Buckminster Primary SchoolGrantham	1.00	6
Church Langton Church of England Primary SchoolMarket Harborough	1.00	27
Cobden Primary School & Community CentreLoughborough	1.00	35
Congerstone Primary SchoolNuneaton	1.00	26
Croxton Kerrial Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham	1.00	2
Diseworth Church of England Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	8
Dunton Bassett Primary SchoolLutterworth	1.00	3
Eastfield Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	26
Fleckney Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	68
Gaddesby Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	29
Hallaton Church of England Primary SchoolMarket Harborough	1.00	4
Hallbrook Primary SchoolBroughton Astley	1.00	18
Harby Church of England Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	1.00	10
Heather Primary SchoolCoalville	1.00	10
Holy Cross School A Catholic Voluntary AcademyCoalville	1.00	15
Hose Church of England Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	1.00	2
John Wycliffe Primary SchoolLutterworth	1.00	42
Kilby St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolWigston	1.00	9
Langmoor Primary School OadbyLeicester	1.00	17
Long Clawson Church of England Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	1.00	9
Long Whatton Church of England Primary School and Community CentreLoughborough	1.00	14
Loughborough Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough	1.00	10
Meadowdale Primary SchoolMarket Harborough	1.00	35
Measham Church of England Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	11
Mountfields Lodge SchoolLoughborough	1.00	48
New Swannington Primary SchoolCoalville	1.00	24
Newbold Church of England Primary SchoolCoalville	1.00	2
Old Mill Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	47
Orchard Church of England Primary School, Broughton AstleyBroughton Astley	1.00	25
Queniborough Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	30
Redmile Church of England Primary SchoolNottingham	1.00	6
Rendell Primary SchoolLoughborough	1.00	41
Riverside Community Primary School BirstallLeicester	1.00	39
Robert Bakewell Primary SchoolLoughborough	1.00	27
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary AcademyLoughborough	1.00	29
Saint Clare's Primary School A Catholic Voluntary Academy, Coalville, LeicestershireCoalville	1.00	27
Saint Francis Catholic Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	1.00	25
Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School, LoughboroughLoughborough	1.00	23
Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, LeicestershireLoughborough	1.00	12
Sharnford Church of England Primary SchoolHinckley	1.00	5
Sherrier Church of England Primary SchoolLutterworth	1.00	46
Sileby Redlands Community Primary SchoolLoughborough	1.00	52
Sir John Moore Church of England Primary SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	6
Snarestone Church of England SchoolSwadlincote	1.00	7
Somerby Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	1.00	6
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, North KilworthLutterworth	1.00	12
St Charles Catholic Primary Voluntary AcademySwadlincote	1.00	20
St Denys Church of England Infant School, IbstockIbstock	1.00	57
St Hardulph's Church of England Primary SchoolDerby	1.00	7
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary AcademyMarket Harborough	1.00	22
St Michael & All Angels Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	8
St Peter and St Paul Church of England AcademyLeicester	1.00	34
St Peter's Church of England Primary School WymondhamMelton Mowbray	1.00	4
Stathern Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	1.00	15
Stonebow Primary School LoughboroughLoughborough	1.00	20
Swannington Church of England Primary SchoolCoalville	1.00	8
Swinford Church of England Primary SchoolLutterworth	1.00	13
Swithland St Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough	1.00	14
The Pastures Primary SchoolLeicester	1.00	45
Thorpe Acre Infant SchoolLoughborough	1.00	26
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
Ullesthorpe Church of England Primary SchoolLutterworth	1.00	15
Wymeswold Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough	1.00	20
Kibworth Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	0.98	65
Whitwick St John The Baptist Church of England Primary SchoolCoalville	0.98	52
Swallowdale Primary School and Community CentreMelton Mowbray	0.98	46
Farndon Fields Primary SchoolMarket Harborough	0.98	44
Hinckley Parks Primary SchoolHinckley	0.98	88
Cosby Primary SchoolLeicester	0.98	43
Launde Primary SchoolLeicestershire	0.97	31
Hallam Fields, BirstallLeicester	0.97	30
Red Hill Field Primary SchoolLeicester	0.97	30
All Saints Church of England Primary School, SapcoteLeicester	0.97	29
Badgerbrook Primary SchoolLeicester	0.97	58
Greystoke Primary SchoolLeicester	0.97	29
Parkland Primary School South WigstonWigston	0.97	58
Albert Village Primary SchoolSwadlincote	0.96	28
Enderby Danemill Primary SchoolLeicester	0.96	28
St Peter's Church of England Primary School (Market Bosworth)Nuneaton	0.96	28
Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough	0.96	82
Holywell Primary SchoolLoughborough	0.96	54
Lift BeaconLoughborough	0.96	27
Old Dalby Church of England Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	0.96	27
Manorfield Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	0.96	53
Dove Bank Primary SchoolNuneaton	0.96	26
Gilmorton Chandler Church of England Primary SchoolLutterworth	0.96	25
Glenmere Community Primary SchoolWigston	0.96	25
Hugglescote Community Primary SchoolCoalville	0.96	75
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	0.96	25
Brownlow Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	0.96	48
Hathern Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough	0.96	24
The Merton Primary SchoolLeicester	0.96	48
Thringstone Primary SchoolCoalville	0.96	24
Little Bowden SchoolMarket Harborough	0.96	47
The Grove Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	0.96	23
Desford Community Primary SchoolLeicester	0.96	45
Highgate Primary SchoolLoughborough	0.95	22
Moira Primary SchoolSwadlincote	0.95	21
Woodland Grange Primary SchoolLeicester	0.95	60
Kegworth Primary SchoolDerby	0.95	39
Greenstone Primary SchoolCoalville	0.95	58
All Saints Church of England Primary School, CoalvilleCoalville	0.95	38
Bringhurst Primary SchoolMarket Harborough	0.95	19
Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary SchoolMarket Harborough	0.94	18
Water Leys Primary SchoolWigston	0.94	48
Barwell Infant SchoolLeicester	0.93	60
Foxton Primary SchoolMarket Harborough	0.93	15
Lubenham All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolMarket Harborough	0.93	15
Outwoods Edge Primary SchoolLoughborough	0.93	45
Billesdon Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	0.93	14
Frisby Church of England Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	0.93	14
Seagrave Village Primary SchoolLoughborough	0.93	14
Sherard Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	0.93	56
Sketchley Hill Primary School BurbageHinckley	0.93	82
Greenfield Primary SchoolLeicester	0.93	67
Barlestone Church of England Primary SchoolNuneaton	0.92	26
Waltham on the Wolds Church of England Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	0.92	13
Bishop Ellis Catholic Voluntary AcademyLeicester	0.92	25
Ellistown Community Primary SchoolCoalville	0.92	24
Market Harborough Church of England AcademyMarket Harborough	0.92	48
Oakthorpe Primary SchoolSwadlincote	0.92	12
The Meadow Community Primary SchoolWigston	0.92	60
Ashby Willesley Primary SchoolAshby-de-la-Zouch	0.92	59
Ab Kettleby Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	0.91	11
Brookside Primary SchoolLeicester	0.91	55
Thythorn Field Community Primary SchoolWigston	0.90	21
Croft Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	0.90	10
Great Glen St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester	0.90	30
Ridgeway Primary AcademyMarket Harborough	0.90	20
Saint Peters Catholic Voluntary AcademyLeicestershire	0.90	29
Captains Close Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray	0.89	19
Huncote Primary SchoolLeicester	0.89	18
South Kilworth Church of England Primary SchoolLutterworth	0.89	9
The Latimer Primary SchoolLeicester	0.88	43
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolWigston	0.88	17
Belvoirdale Community Primary SchoolCoalville	0.88	34
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
Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolSwadlincote	0.86	14
St Peter's Church of England Primary School WhetstoneLeicester	0.86	28
Worthington SchoolAshby-de-la-Zouch	0.86	7
Westfield Infant SchoolHinckley	0.85	73
Ravenhurst Primary SchoolLeicester	0.84	31
Newton Burgoland Primary SchoolCoalville	0.83	6
Viscount Beaumont's Church of England Primary SchoolCoalville	0.83	12
Woodcote Primary SchoolAshby-de-la-Zouch	0.83	12
Christ Church & Saint Peter's Cofe Primary SchoolLoughborough	0.83	53
St Botolph's Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough	0.83	46
Glenfield Primary SchoolLeicester	0.81	58
Claybrooke Primary SchoolLeicester	0.80	5
Sheepy Magna Church of England Primary SchoolAtherstone	0.80	15
Orchard Community Primary SchoolDerby	0.80	44
Newlands Community Primary SchoolLeicester	0.79	29
St Edward's Church of England Primary SchoolDerby	0.79	29
Thornton Primary SchoolCoalville	0.76	21
Oxley Primary School ShepshedLoughborough	0.75	28
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
Hemington Primary SchoolDerby	0.73	11
Woodhouse Eaves St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough	0.72	29
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Church of England Primary SchoolAshby-de-la-Zouch	0.72	25
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, HinckleyHinckley	0.68	22
Martinshaw Primary SchoolLeicester	0.68	28
Belton Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough	0.67	3
Stanton Under Bardon Community Primary SchoolMarkfield	0.60	15
Higham-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary SchoolNuneaton	0.27	15

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

43 schools. 18 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Gartree High SchoolLeicester	1.45	172
The Market Bosworth SchoolNuneaton	1.32	173
Woodbrook Vale SchoolLoughborough	1.29	162
De Lisle College Loughborough LeicestershireLoughborough	1.24	211
Bosworth AcademyLeicester	1.16	238
Lutterworth High SchoolLutterworth	1.15	170
Limehurst AcademyLoughborough	1.13	121
Lutterworth CollegeLutterworth	1.12	242
The Winstanley SchoolLeicester	1.11	126
The Newbridge SchoolCoalville	1.08	172
The Robert Smyth AcademyMarket Harborough	1.08	207
Humphrey Perkins SchoolLoughborough	1.07	178
Redmoor AcademyHinckley	1.06	218
Iveshead SchoolLoughborough	1.05	164
Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary AcademyNuneaton	1.04	164
Manor High SchoolLeicester	1.03	208
Ashby SchoolAshby-De-La-Zouch	1.01	228
The Cedars AcademyLeicester	1.01	180
Wreake Valley AcademyLeicester	0.99	205
Long Field Spencer AcademyMelton Mowbray	0.99	221
The Priory Belvoir AcademyNottingham	0.98	131
Brookvale Groby Learning CampusLeicester	0.96	249
Kibworth Mead AcademyLeicester	0.95	178
Hastings High SchoolHinckley	0.95	185
Castle Donington CollegeDerby	0.95	128
Countesthorpe AcademyCountesthorpe	0.94	187
Ivanhoe SchoolAshby-de-la-Zouch	0.94	163
Wigston AcademyWigston	0.92	241
Welland Park AcademyMarket Harborough	0.92	206
The Hinckley SchoolHinckley	0.91	158
Heath Lane AcademyLeicester	0.90	84
The Martin High School AnsteyLeicester	0.90	175
South Charnwood High SchoolMarkfield	0.88	173
John Ferneley CollegeMelton Mowbray	0.87	159
South Wigston High SchoolWigston	0.87	111
Thomas Estley Community CollegeLeicester	0.82	159
Ibstock SchoolIbstock	0.82	121
RawlinsLoughborough	0.81	231
Brockington CollegeLeicester	0.79	234
Charnwood CollegeLoughborough	0.76	142
Beauchamp CollegeLeicester	0.72	325
The Roundhill AcademyLeicester	0.68	121
The Castle Rock SchoolCoalville	0.63	210