Schools in Loughborough
Loughborough has 55 schools including 38 primaries and 8 secondaries, straddling the border between Leicestershire County Council and Nottinghamshire County Council — so a small number of schools in the outer areas fall under a different co-ordinated admissions scheme to those in the town centre. The university town's growing population has maintained steady demand for primary places, particularly in newer residential developments to the south and east.
Eighteen of the 55 schools have a religious character, a higher proportion than many comparable market towns, with Catholic and Church of England schools both represented. Seven schools are currently at or above capacity. No selective schools operate in the Loughborough area, so distance-based tiebreakers (measured as a straight line from home to school gate) are the primary differentiator once sibling priority is applied.
School demand in Loughborough
Across the 51 schools in Loughborough with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 88%. 7 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.
18 schools in Loughborough have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
31 of the schools in Loughborough 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.
15 of the schools in Loughborough have a current Ofsted rating, of which 14 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Loughborough: 2 oversubscribed (38)
Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School
Primary · Community school
Loughborough · LE12 5TB
Thorpe Acre Junior School
Primary · Community school
Loughborough · LE11 4SQ
Thorpe Acre Infant School
Primary · Community school
Loughborough · LE11 4SQ
Oxley Primary School Shepshed
Primary · Community school
Loughborough · LE12 9LU
Belton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Loughborough · LE12 9TS
Long Whatton Church of England Primary School and Community Centre
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Loughborough · LE12 5DB
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Loughborough · LE12 8HQ
St Botolph's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Loughborough · LE12 9DA
Swithland St Leonard's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Loughborough · LE12 8TQ
Wymeswold Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Loughborough · LE12 6TU
Hathern Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Loughborough · LE12 5LJ
Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Loughborough · LE12 6QN
Willoughby Primary School
Primary · Community school
Loughborough · LE12 6SS
Costock CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Loughborough · LE12 6XD
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE11 2BG
Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School, Loughborough
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE11 5AX
Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE12 9AE
Holywell Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE11 3SJ
Rendell Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE11 1LL
Lift Beacon
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Loughborough · LE11 2NF
Mountfields Lodge School
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE11 3GE
Outwoods Edge Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE11 2LD
Stonebow Primary School Loughborough
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE11 4ZH
Cobden Primary School & Community Centre
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE11 1AF
Sileby Redlands Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE12 7LZ
Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE12 8HP
Robert Bakewell Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE11 5UJ
Loughborough Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE11 3BY
Christ Church & Saint Peter's Cofe Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Loughborough · LE12 7JU
Seagrave Village Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE12 7LU
Newcroft Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE12 9DU
Brookside Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE12 6LG
Highgate Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Loughborough · LE12 7ND
Millside Spencer Academy
Primary · Free schools
Loughborough · LE12 6AS
Woodhouse Eaves St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE12 8SA
Sutton Bonington Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE12 5NH
Booth Wood Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE11 4PG
Normanton-On-Soar Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Loughborough · LE12 5HB
Secondary Schools in Loughborough (8)
Limehurst Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE11 1NH
Woodbrook Vale School
Secondary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE11 2ST
Rawlins
Secondary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE12 8DY
Humphrey Perkins School
Secondary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE12 8JU
De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
Secondary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE11 4SQ
East Leake Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE12 6QN
Charnwood College
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Loughborough · LE11 4SQ
Iveshead School
Secondary · Academy converter
Loughborough · LE12 9DB
Other Schools in Loughborough (9)
Loughborough Grammar School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Loughborough · LE11 2DU
Maplewell Hall School
Not applicable · Community special school
Loughborough · LE12 8QY
Ashmount School
Not applicable · Community special school
Loughborough · LE11 4SQ
Loughborough College
All through · Further education
Loughborough · LE11 3BT
Sense College Loughborough
Not applicable · Special post 16 institution
Loughborough · LE11 3BS
Loughborough University
Not applicable · Higher education institutions
Loughborough · LE11 3TU
Quorn Hall School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Loughborough · LE12 8BQ
Compass Community School Mountfields Park
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Loughborough · LE11 3GE
Bowman Academy
Not applicable · Free schools special
Loughborough · LE12 9BN
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Loughborough 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.