Schools in Harborough
42 state-funded schools, 13,749 pupils. 92.5% of those carrying an Ofsted grade are Good or Outstanding, including 1 rated Outstanding.
Ofsted Management Information, Feb 2026. Grades are the current published rating, which may pre-date the school’s most recent visit.
Ofsted grades
1 school has been inspected under Ofsted's post-September-2024 report-card framework, which replaces the single 1–4 grade with separate judgments. Those are excluded from the percentages above rather than mapped onto the old scale, because the two scales have no clean equivalence. 1 school is awaiting a first inspection.
Quick answers
How many schools are there in Harborough?
Harborough has 42 state-funded schools teaching 13,749 pupils. 36 primary, 6 secondary.
What percentage of schools in Harborough are Good or Outstanding?
92.5% of the 40 schools carrying an Ofsted grade in Harborough are rated Good or Outstanding: 1 Outstanding and 36 Good. 3 require improvement and 0 are rated Inadequate.
Which schools in Harborough are rated Outstanding?
1 school is currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted in Harborough: Kibworth Church of England Primary School.
Rated Outstanding
Ofsted’s highest grade. Largest first; a grade can be several years old, so the year is shown.
- Kibworth Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary585Outstanding 2023
By phase
| Phase | Schools | Graded | Good or better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 36 | 34 | 91.2% |
| Secondary | 6 | 6 | 100% |
Every school in Harborough
Showing 20 of 42 schools.
| New framework | Links | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lutterworth College | Secondary | 1,559 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
The Robert Smyth Academy | Secondary | 1,277 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Welland Park Academy | Secondary | 987 | Good2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Thomas Estley Community College | Secondary | 891 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Lutterworth High School | Secondary | 848 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Kibworth Mead Academy | Secondary | 829 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Kibworth Church of England Primary School | Primary | 585 | Outstanding2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Fleckney Church of England Primary School | Primary | 466 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Sherrier Church of England Primary School | Primary | 413 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Market Harborough Church of England Academy | Primary | 396 | Good2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Meadowdale Primary School | Primary | 383 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Farndon Fields Primary School | Primary | 376 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Old Mill Primary School | Primary | 367 | Good2021 | OfstedWebsite | |
Little Bowden School | Primary | 360 | Good2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Fernvale Primary School | Primary | 340 | Good2013 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Great Glen St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 334 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
John Wycliffe Primary School | Primary | 303 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Ridgeway Primary Academy | Primary | 253 | Good2021 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Gilmorton Chandler Church of England Primary School | Primary | 215 | Good2020 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School | Primary | 208 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
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