Schools in Market Harborough
Market Harborough is a market town in south Leicestershire with 20 state schools - 16 primary and 2 secondary - serving the town and the rural Harborough district. Leicestershire County Council coordinates admissions for community schools, using home-to-school distance as the tiebreaker once priority categories have been applied. The town is a popular commuter destination for Leicester and Milton Keynes, and primary schools in the town centre have seen growing demand as housing development has expanded.
Secondary admissions in Market Harborough are managed through Leicestershire's co-ordinated scheme, which covers both Robert Smyth Academy and Welland Park Academy. Both secondaries serve pupils from across the Harborough district and neighbouring villages. Families in rural parishes such as Kibworth, Great Bowden or Husbands Bosworth should check which secondary school their address is linked to, as catchment boundaries can span significant distances in this rural district.
School demand in Market Harborough
Across the 20 schools in Market Harborough with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 75%. None are currently over capacity, but catchment distance still applies in any year a school is oversubscribed.
9 schools in Market Harborough have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
14 of the schools in Market Harborough 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.
2 of the schools in Market Harborough have a current Ofsted rating, of which 1 is rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary Schools in Market Harborough (16)
Little Bowden School
Primary · Community school
Market Harborough · LE16 8AY
Hallaton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Market Harborough · LE16 8TY
Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Market Harborough · LE16 9RU
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Market Harborough · LE16 9BZ
Farndon Fields Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Market Harborough · LE16 9JH
Meadowdale Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Market Harborough · LE16 7XQ
Ridgeway Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Market Harborough · LE16 7HQ
Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Market Harborough · LE16 7HZ
Lubenham All Saints Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Market Harborough · LE16 9TW
Wilbarston Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Market Harborough · LE16 8QN
Market Harborough Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Market Harborough · LE16 9QH
Bringhurst Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Market Harborough · LE16 8RH
Cottingham Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Market Harborough · LE16 8XB
Church Langton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Market Harborough · LE16 7SZ
Wellington Place Primary School
Primary · Free schools
Market Harborough · LE16 7BY
Foxton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Market Harborough · LE16 7QZ
Secondary Schools in Market Harborough (2)
Other Schools in Market Harborough (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Market Harborough 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.