Schools in Hinckley
Hinckley has 18 schools in the catchment.school database — 13 primaries and 3 secondaries — administered within Leicestershire County Council's co-ordinated admissions scheme. Nine of the 18 schools operate as academies setting independent admissions policies, and 5 are faith schools, making it essential for families to read each school's individual prospectus rather than relying on LA-level guidance alone.
The three secondary schools serving Hinckley — Redmoor Academy, Hastings High School, and John Cleveland Sixth Form — draw from overlapping geographic zones. Leicestershire County Council's co-ordinated secondary round opens in September with national offer day in March. Primary catchment distances in Hinckley town centre have tightened in recent years as housing development has increased pupil numbers; consulting the last-distance-offered data in each school's admissions report is strongly recommended.
School demand in Hinckley
Across the 17 schools in Hinckley with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 93%. 5 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.
5 schools in Hinckley have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
9 of the schools in Hinckley 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.
10 of the schools in Hinckley have a current Ofsted rating, of which 10 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Hinckley: 2 oversubscribed (13)
Westfield Junior School
Primary · Community school
Hinckley · LE10 0LT
Westfield Infant School
Primary · Community school
Hinckley · LE10 0JL
Burbage Junior School
Primary · Community school
Hinckley · LE10 2AD
Sketchley Hill Primary School Burbage
Primary · Community school
Hinckley · LE10 2DY
Burbage Church of England Infant School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Hinckley · LE10 2AE
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hinckley
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Hinckley · LE10 1AW
Wolvey CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Hinckley · LE10 3LA
Battling Brook Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Hinckley · LE10 0EX
Saint Peter's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Hinckley · LE10 1HJ
Richmond Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Hinckley · LE10 0ZD
Sharnford Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Hinckley · LE10 3PN
Hinckley Parks Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Hinckley · LE10 1LP
Hollycroft Primary School
Primary · Free schools
HINCKLEY · LE10 3GL
Secondary Schools in Hinckley (3)
Redmoor Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Hinckley · LE10 0EP
Hastings High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Hinckley · LE10 2QE
The Hinckley School
Secondary · Academy converter
Hinckley · LE10 1LE
Other Schools in Hinckley (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Hinckley 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.