Your Guide to education

Before you apply for your child’s school place, you should read the relevant ‘Your Guide to education’

The guide is split into 2 parts:

Part 1 - Supplementary information, which contains advice and guidance to help you successfully apply for your child’s school place.

Part 2 - List of schools in your area - Please see Find a school to find your local schools for any further information.

Part 1 - Supplementary information

Remember to also read the relevant Admissions Policies.

Part 2 - List of schools in your area

  1. Use the drop down menus to filter 'by area’ and ‘phase of education’ to view a shortlist of schools you want to review further. The school details are regularly updated from a national database.
  2. Click the 'Print your results' button to save your filtered list as a PDF document or print it.
  3. Once you are ready to apply for your school, go the relevant page and apply before the primary or secondary school place deadline where applicable:

Apply for a primary or junior school

Apply for a secondary school

Changing school during term time

Key to Symbols

    Richmond Primary School - DfE 2351

    Ridgeway Primary Academy - DfE 2179

    Riverside Community Primary School Birstall - DfE 2368

    Robert Bakewell Primary School - DfE 2192

    Rothley Church of England Primary School - DfE 3074

    Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy - DfE 3341

    Saint Clare's Primary School A Catholic Voluntary Academy, Coalville, Leicestershire - DfE 3348

    Saint Francis Catholic Primary School - DfE 3342

    Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire - DfE 3343

    Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy - DfE 4602