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List Of Schools In Leicester
This is a list of schools in Leicester, England. State-funded schools Primary schools * Abbey Mead Primary Academy * Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School * Avanti Fields School * Avenue Primary School * Barley Croft Primary School * Beaumont Lodge Primary School * Belgrave St Peter’s CE Primary School * Braunstone Community Primary School * Braunstone Frith Primary School * Bridge Junior School * Buswells Lodge Primary School * Caldecote Community Primary School * Catherine Infant School * Catherine Junior School * Charnwood Primary School * Christ the King RC Academy * Coleman Primary School * Dovelands Primary School * Evington Valley Primary School * Eyres Monsell Primary School * Falcons Primary School * Folville Junior School * Forest Lodge Academy * Fosse Mead Primary Academy * Glebelands Primary School * Granby Primary School * Green Lane Infant School * Hazel Community Primary School * Heatherbrook Primary Academy * Herrick Primary School * Highfields Primary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leicestershire
Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, Staffordshire to the west, and Derbyshire to the north-west. The border with most of Warwickshire is Watling Street, the modern A5 road (Great Britain), A5 road. Leicestershire takes its name from the city of Leicester located at its centre and unitary authority, administered separately from the rest of the county. The ceremonial county – the non-metropolitan county plus the city of Leicester – has a total population of just over 1 million (2016 estimate), more than half of which lives in the Leicester Urban Area. History Leicestershire was recorded in the Domesday Book in four wapentakes: Guthlaxton, Framland, Goscote, and Gartree (hundred), Gartree. These later became hundred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evington
Evington is an Electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. It used to be a small village centred on Main Street and the Anglican church of St Denys but was close enough to Leicester to become one of the outer suburbs in the 1930s. Today, the ward comprises the historical village of Evington, as well as the modern ex- council estates of Rowlatts Hill and Goodwood. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 11,133. History Evington village The name Evington comes from the Old English meaning 'farm/settlement of Eafa/Aefa'.Leicester City Council A History of Evington Park After the |
Rushey Mead Academy
Rushey Mead Academy, previously known as Rushey Mead School, is a mixed secondary school located in Leicester, Leicestershire, England for students aged 11 to 16. It is part of The Mead Educational Trust which also includes Orchard Mead Academy. It was named as the best state-funded secondary school in Leicester and Leicestershire in 2018. Academic achievement In its November 2007 Ofsted report, the school was rated ''"outstanding"'' for overall effectiveness. In 2009, Ofsted highlighted it as one of 12 outstanding schools serving disadvantaged communities. The Real Schools Guide 2018 named Rushey Mead Academy the best state-funded secondary school in Leicester and Leicestershire. Notable former pupils * Jigar Naik — Leicestershire cricketer * Tony Sibson Tony Sibson (born 9 April 1958, in Leicester, England) is a former professional boxer. Boxing career Tony Sibson was Commonwealth and European champion and a 3-time world title challenger. His speed coupled with rugged p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchard Mead Academy
Orchard Mead Academy, previously known as Hamilton Community College, is a co-educational secondary school located in Leicester, England, taking children between the ages of eleven and sixteen.Hamilton Community College at dcsf.gov.uk (accessed 25 June 2008) The college became an academy on 1 September 2017, joining The Mead Educational Trust /(TMET) as a . The main school building dating from the 50s and 60s was replaced in 2014 as part of the |
New Parks
New Parks is residential suburb of the city of Leicester, in the Leicester district, in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England. It was also an electoral ward of the City of Leicester whose population at the 2011 Census was 17,128. It is in the west of the city. South of New Parks is the Western Park ward, north is the Beaumont Leys Beaumont Leys is a suburb and electoral ward in north-western Leicester, in the Leicester district, in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 16,480. Locally, Beaumont Leys is usual ... ward and to the east is the Fosse ward. There are many shops neighbouring the homes and leisure centres. On 16 March 2010, the £1.5 million New Parks Centre Library, funded by the Big Lottery Fund and Leicester City Council, was opened by Councillor Andy Connelly and local residents Karen Berry and Sally Kibble. File:New Parks Houses 2007.jpg, Houses in New Parks, Leicester File:New Park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New College Leicester
New College Leicester (formed in 1999/2000 in a merger between New Parks Community College, Alderman Newton's School, and Wycliffe Community College) is a coeducational foundation secondary school and sixth form, located in the New Parks area of Leicester in the English county of Leicestershire. New College Leicester became a foundation school in June 2010. As a foundation school it is administered by a trust which includes Leicester City Council, Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College and the CfBT Education Trust. The school offers GCSEs, BTECs and ASDAN qualifications as programmes of study for pupils; those in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels The A-Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational aut ... and further BTECs. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highfields, Leicester
Highfields is an inner city area of Leicester, England. It is one of the highest areas in the city, on high ground southeast of the city centre. To the west the area is bounded by the Midland Main Line, to the south by London Road ( A6), and to the east by East Park Road. To the north is Spinney Hills, though there is no clear boundary between the two areas, and Spinney Hills (which extends northwards to Humberstone Road) is often considered to be part of Highfields. The neighbourhood is within walking distance of the city centre of Leicester and offers many amenities for religious, social, cultural and commercial activities. The population is split between the Spinney Hills, Wycliffe and Stoneygate wards of the Leicester City Council. A section of the area running between London Road, Evington Road and St Peter's Road was designated as the South Highfields Conservation Area in April 1981. This conservation area originally had an area of approximately 22.20 hectares. The boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moat Community College
Moat Community College is a coeducational secondary school in Highfields, near the city centre of Leicester, England. History The school was opened in 1980 as an amalgamation of two local schools, Moat Boys School in Melbourne Road, Highfields, Leicester, and Moat Girls School in Ventnor Street, Spinney Hill, Leicester. The current college building is built on the site of the old Hillcrest Hospital, in Maidstone Road, Highfields. In the college's first year, due to building work not being completed, the college was divided over three sites, thus: * New College, Maidstone Road – 2nd & 3rd years boys & girls mixed * Boys' School, Melbourne Road – 4th & 5th year boys * Girls' School, Ventnor Street – 1st year boys & girls mixed, 4th & 5th year girls There was also a site (based in an old school) at Braunston in Rutland where activities could be run on field trips. Additionally, the school used playing fields near Brighton Avenue in Wigston, Leicestershire, for PE. Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madani Schools Federation
Madani Schools Federation is a Muslim secondary school in Leicester, England. Based in the Evington neighbourhood, Madani Schools Federation caters for the city's Muslim population, with 300 places for boys and girls each. The building itself, designed by Leicester firm Pick Everard with an Islamic design including an Arabic-style courtyard. There is also an associated community centre and madrassa. The school has also won architectural awards including the Community Benefit award in the regional finals of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors awards in May 2008 and competed in the international finals in the autumn. It is the first state funded Muslim school in the East-Midlands, as 90% of the £18m came from the government, with the Muslim community in Leicester raising the rest. The school has received much press attention as a Muslim secondary school where it is held up as a model for faith schools. Concerns and criticism There has been controversy when it was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancaster Academy
Lancaster Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in Knighton, Leicester, England. History On 1 September 2000 Lancaster School acquired specialist sports college status one of only four schools in the East Midlands to have achieved this designation at that time. In January 2007, the school alongside Sir Jonathan North Community College added a jointly owned £1.6 million four court indoor tennis centre to accompany its six floodlit outdoor tennis courts, multi-use games area, two gymnasiums and field During the 2006/2007 school term, the School was featured in the BBC Two documentary series ''The Choir: Boys Don't Sing'', in which choir master Gareth Malone started a student and staff choir and took them to perform at the Royal Albert Hall which was aired during February 2008. In January 2014, the school opened a new building costing £13 million which consisted of new science, maths and IT departments alongside a state of the art dinner atrium and a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judgemeadow Community College
Judgemeadow Community College is a mixed secondary school located in the Evington area of Leicester in the English county of Leicestershire. History The school was established in 1973, and moved into a new building on the same site in June 2009 as part of the Building Schools for the Future programme. Previously a community school administered by Leicester City Council, in June 2018 Judgemeadow Community College converted to academy status and is now sponsored by the Lionheart Educational Trust (formerly Lionheart Academies Trust) The school has been rated as ‘good’ by Ofsted The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a Non-ministerial government department, non-ministerial department of Government of the United Kingdom, His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament of the U ... in 2022 School profile With a student population of 1400, Judgemeadow Community College has a larger number of pupils than average in the UK. Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fullhurst Community College
Fullhurst Community College is an over-subscribed 11-16 comprehensive school in Braunstone, West Leicester. In January 2018 Ofsted The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a Non-ministerial government department, non-ministerial department of Government of the United Kingdom, His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament of the U ... graded the school ‘Good’, which reflects the continued improvements the school has made and the record summer examinations reexaminationhe the last three years. The current Executive Headteacher is Mrs. Christina Bailey. Fullhurst Community College opened in 1991 following the closure of King Richard III School and Newarke School. It was initially located on the King Richard site while a significant refurbishment of the Newarke site took place. It moved into the Newarke buildings in 1992. After this, the college received funding from the Building Schools For The Future program. Under this, DRCC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
