“schools in Leicester”

16-20 Beal Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 0AA

Information about this school

 Leicester International School is an independent Islamic school.  The school provides full-time education for pupils aged five to 14 years. This education is provided on two sites. Pupils in the primary provision attend the school site at 16–20 Beal Street, Leicester, LE2 0AA. Pupils in the secondary school provision attend the school site at 1 Woodhill, Leicester, LE5 3JB.  There are no pupils at the school who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.  The school’s previous standard inspection took place on 9–12 March 2015. Bridge School Inspectorate undertook this inspection.  A material change inspection took place on 2 September 2016.  Since the previous standard inspection, and as a result of the material change inspection, the school has increased the age range of pupils that it teaches to include Year 9 pupils. The number of pupils that the school is registered to have on roll has increased to 200.

Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 2AA

Information about the school

Leicester Preparatory School is a co-educational, non selective and non- denominational independent day school which was first established in 1886. It is located in the south of the city of Leicester and was previously called Stoneygate College. It is privately owned by proprietors who took over the school in April 2009. The present headmaster was appointed in September 2010. The school changed its name to Leicester Preparatory School in September 2011. It is administered by an Advisory Board comprised of three directors, parents, various consultants and two headteachers. The school admits girls and boys from aged three to 11 years.

Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 2AA

Information about this school

 Leicester Preparatory School is a co-educational, non-selective and non-denominational independent day school which was first established in 1886. It was previously called Stoneygate College. The school changed its name to Leicester Preparatory School in September 2011. It is located in the south of the city of Leicester.  The school is privately owned by a proprietor who is a major shareholder in Consortium Leicester Ltd, which is a separate company from the school. The building is owned by the consortium.  Pupils are drawn from the local area and reflect a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. There are two Nursery classes, one Reception class, one key stage 1 class and two key stage 2 classes. The headteacher is the class teacher for Years 5 and 6.  The school regularly uses local amenities, such as squash courts and a swimming pool, for some aspects of the school curriculum.

16-20 Beal Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 0AA

Information about this school

 Leicester International School is an independent Islamic school.  The school currently provides education for pupils aged five to 11 years but will close in June 2019.  The headteacher who was in post at the previous monitoring inspection has now left the school.  The principal is also the proprietor. There are no other leaders in the school. The school does not have a governing body.  There are no pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

16-20 Beal Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 0AA

Information about this school

 Leicester International School is an independent Islamic school.  The school provides full-time education for pupils aged five to 11 years. The school stopped educating secondary-school pupils in February 2018. The primary-school pupils moved from the Beal Street site to the current Woodhill site after February half term 2018. The school no longer uses the Beal Street site.  The information about the school’s changes in the age range, the premises and the maximum number of pupils has not been updated on the government’s website: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.  There are no pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.  The school’s previous standard full inspection took place on 4−6 July 2017.  A new headteacher was appointed in August 2017.

Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 2AA

Information about this school

 Leicester Preparatory School is a day school.  The school is registered to admit up to 150 pupils between the ages of three and 11. There are 83 pupils on the roll.  A new headteacher joined the school in August 2019.  The previous standard inspection took place from 9 to 11 May 2018 and received a requires improvement judgement.  The school submitted an action plan indicating how it would tackle the unmet standards. This plan was deemed unacceptable by Ofsted in March 2019.

Carisbrooke Gardens, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 3PR

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 Leicester Partnership School is a pupil referral unit that provides education for young people between the ages of 11 and 16 who have been excluded, or who are at risk of exclusion, from mainstream education. Some pupils with SEND are also temporarily placed at the school while awaiting a permanent place at specialist provision.  The number of pupils on roll has increased significantly since the last inspection.  The school meets the requirements of the provider access legislation, which requires schools to provide pupils in Years 8 to 13 with information and engagement about approved technical education qualifications and apprenticeships.  The school makes use of 17 unregistered alternative provisions.

16-20 Beal Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 0AA

Information about this school

 Leicester International School is an independent Islamic school.  The school now provides full-time education for pupils aged five to 11 years. The school stopped educating secondary-school pupils in February 2018. The primary-school pupils moved from the Beal Street site to the current Woodhill site after February half term 2018. The school no longer uses the Beal Street site. The changes to the age range and to establish Woodhill as the school’s main site are still subject to the approval by the Department for Education.  The Woodhill site would be suitable to educate up to 80 primary aged pupils, if the proprietor addressed the issues related to the site security and the uneven play surface.  There are no pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.  The school’s previous standard full inspection took place on 4−6 July 2017.  A new headteacher was appointed in August 2017.

Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 2AA

Information about this school

 Leicester Preparatory School is an independent day school.  The school is registered to admit 150 pupils between the ages of three and 11 years. There are currently 80 pupils on the school’s roll, including 14 children who attend the school’s nursery part-time.  The headteacher was appointed in August 2019. The deputy headteacher took up post in the summer term of 2019.  The school’s last standard inspection took place on 9–11 May 2018. A progress monitoring inspection took place on 25 September 2019. 25–27 February 2020

16-20 Beal Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 0AA

Information about this school

 Leicester International School is an independent Islamic school.  The school now provides full-time education for pupils aged five to 11 years. The school stopped educating secondary-school pupils in February 2018. The primary-school pupils moved from the Beal Street site to the current Woodhill site after February half term 2018. The school no longer uses the Beal Street site. The changes to the age range and to establish Woodhill as the school’s main site are still subject to the approval by the Department for Education.  The Woodhill site would be suitable to educate up to 80 primary aged pupils, if the proprietor addressed the issues related to the site security and the uneven play surface.  There are no pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.  The school’s previous standard full inspection took place on 4−6 July 2017.  A new headteacher was appointed in August 2017.

Glenfield Road, Leicester, LE3 6DN

Information about this school

Leicester Partnership Schools. Pupils access full-time and part-time courses from The Hospital School, The Waterfront Sports Education Academy and The Carisbrooke Specialist Learning Centre.

2 Overton Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 0JA

Information about this school

 Leicester Community Academy was established in August 2016. It is an independent Islamic faith school for pupils aged 11 to 16 years. It is owned by Leicester Educational Trust and run by a board of trustees. Prospective pupils are required to undertake an admissions test.  The school operates a policy of strict segregation by sex. The building is on two floors. The girls are educated on the ground floor and the boys are educated on the first floor. There are separate entrances for each sex. Boys and girls have different starting and finishing times and do not mix at break or lunchtimes. The school uses local parks for breaktimes and the Spence Street Sports Centre for physical education. However, boys and girls are not allowed to mix during these breaktimes. As a result, pupils of the opposite sex are not allowed to mix while at school. The school’s website states that there is ‘no mixing of the pupils at the secondary level’.

Evington Valley Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 5LL

Description of the school

This large primary school serves an area close to the centre of the city of Leicester. Most pupils are from a range of Asian backgrounds. A very high proportion of pupils speak English as an additional language and almost one third of these are at an early stage of learning English. The proportion of pupils leaving and joining the school during the year is above average.

320 London Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 2PJ

Information about this school

 Leicester Islamic Academy was opened in 1982 by the LIA Trust who are the proprietors. The proprietors are also responsible for LIA Gems and the Madani secondary schools in Leicester.  The school provides both Islamic and secular teaching. Its aims are ‘to strive for excellence in all areas of academic and spiritual development’.  The school is registered for 400 pupils. Nursery children attend part time. There are morning and afternoon sessions.  There are too few pupils who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities for their achievement to be reported on separately. There are a number of pupils at the early stages of learning English. The school does not make use of any alternative provision.  Since the last full inspection, there have been two progress monitoring inspections in May and November 2016. On both occasions, there were unmet standards.  Since the last inspection, the school has appointed a new headteacher and a number of

5-7 Evington Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 0SA

Information about this school

 The school is an independent Islamic day school.  The school is based at 5–7 Evington Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 0SA.  The school is registered for pupils aged two to 11-years-old. Pupils in the early years are educated on the same site by a separate provider. This setting was not inspected as part of this inspection.  There are currently 87 pupils on roll. A small number of pupils have an education, health and care plan.  The school does not use alternative provision.  The school’s previous inspection was in March 2022 when it was judged to be good.

Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 2AA

Inspection of Leicester Preparatory School, Leicester LE2 2AA

We would like your school to continue to improve, so we have asked them to do a few things.

Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 2AA

Inspection of Leicester Preparatory School, Leicester LE2 2AA

We found that your school is good and can see why you all enjoy coming to school. This is evident in your positive attitude to work and your good and often exemplary behaviour. The adults at school take care to make sure you are safe and nurtured well. As a result you grow in confidence and become well-rounded young people. Because of the good quality individual support you all receive in the small classes, the good teaching, and the interesting things you are given the opportunity to do, you make good progress in your work.

Off Ambassador Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 4ES · Part of The Mead Educational Trust

Inspection of a good school: Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy Balderstone Close, Off Ambassador Road, Leicester, Leicestershire LE5 4ES

Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 2AA

Inspection of Leicester Preparatory School, Leicester LE2 2AA

 Make sure that all the adults in school play their part in spreading the best things we saw in lessons, right across the school.  Track the progress that all children make from entry to the Early Years Foundation Stage until the end of Year 6 so that those who lead the school can be sure everyone is doing as well as they can.

Hinckley Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 0TJ

Description of the school

This very large primary school serves a mixed community near to the centre of Leicester. Most pupils are from White British backgrounds, but a significant minority come from a range of other backgrounds. The proportion of pupils with learning difficulties is below average. A small number of pupils are in the early stages of learning English. Children's levels of understanding when they enter Nursery are in line with expectations.