Schools in Coalville
Coalville has 23 schools in the North West Leicestershire district, including 20 primaries spread across Coalville town and surrounding former colliery villages such as Ellistown, Hugglescote and Whitwick. Leicestershire County Council co-ordinates admissions using straight-line distance as the oversubscription tiebreaker for community schools, after looked-after children and siblings.
With two secondary schools serving the area - Castle Rock School and Newbridge High School - most families in Coalville have a relatively straightforward secondary choice. Leicestershire publishes its co-ordinated secondary offer on National Offer Day and its admissions guidance each September; use the catchment.school postcode tool to see which catchment zone your address falls within.
School demand in Coalville
Across the 21 schools in Coalville with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 85%. 2 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
7 schools in Coalville have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
11 of the schools in Coalville are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Leicestershire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
12 of the schools in Coalville have a current Ofsted rating, of which 11 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Coalville: 1 oversubscribed (20)
Belvoirdale Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Coalville · LE67 3RD
Ellistown Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Coalville · LE67 1EN
Woodstone Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Coalville · LE67 2AH
New Swannington Primary School
Primary · Community school
Coalville · LE67 5DQ
Griffydam Primary School
Primary · Community school
Coalville · LE67 8HU
Heather Primary School
Primary · Community school
Coalville · LE67 2QP
Newton Burgoland Primary School
Primary · Community school
Coalville · LE67 2SL
Warren Hills Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Coalville · LE67 4TA
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Coalville
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Coalville · LE67 3LB
Newbold Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Coalville · LE67 8PF
Whitwick St John The Baptist Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Coalville · LE67 5AT
Saint Clare's Primary School A Catholic Voluntary Academy, Coalville, Leicestershire
Primary · Academy converter
Coalville · LE67 3SF
Holy Cross School A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Coalville · LE67 5AT
Broom Leys School
Primary · Academy converter
Coalville · LE67 4DB
Thringstone Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Coalville · LE67 8LJ
Thornton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Coalville · LE67 1AH
Viscount Beaumont's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Coalville · LE67 8FD
Swannington Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Coalville · LE67 8QJ
Greenstone Primary School
Primary · Free schools
Coalville · LE67 1HQ
Hugglescote Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Coalville · LE67 2HA
Secondary Schools in Coalville (2)
Other Schools in Coalville (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Coalville are set by Leicestershire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.