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Independent schools in Leicestershire

Are you searching for the best school for your child in Leicestershire? Discover private pre-prep, prep and senior schools in Leicestershire around Loughborough and Leicester.

Private schools in Leicestershire
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Leicestershire has a number of notable independent schools, offering parents a good choice of options both in Loughborough and Leicester. In the city of Leicester, there is Leicester Grammar School – offering a coeducational choice – or Leicester High School, for parents seeking a girls-only option.

In Loughborough, parents have a full choice of options with the Loughborough Schools Foundation which offers a family of schools for boys and girls from 6 weeks through to 18 years, with the coed Loughborough Amherst, the girls-only Loughborough High and the boys-only Loughborough Grammar School which also offers boarding.

Another boarding option is Ratcliffe College which is coed from 3 through to 18 years.

Scroll right to see all the details about the schools below, including size and type.

Leicester Grammar School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Leicester High School for Girls
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Girls
  • Day
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    LGS Stoneygate
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Loughborough Schools Foundation
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Ratcliffe College
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils