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Leicester High School for Girls
Leicester High School for Girls is an independent day school for girls in Leicestershire that admits pupils into its Senior School in Year 6 rather than Year 7. The school uses a two-stage entrance assessment process utilizing Quest Admissions and independent exams, with no interview stage required. Annual fees for Years 6-13 are #7,200 per term for 2026/27, which includes school lunches.
For a daughter currently in Year 5, Leicester High is one to note early, as the move to Senior School happens a year sooner than at most schools. Girls join the Senior School in Year 6 rather than Year 7, but the transition is gradual: they begin the year still based with their Year 6 form group, then relocate fully into the Senior School by the summer term. It is an independent day school for girls, situated on London Road in Stoneygate, south of Leicester city centre, and caters for girls from three to eighteen.
It is small. Around 250 girls across the whole age range, and a sixth form of about thirty-five, in a school the Department for Education records as having room for 435. That cuts both ways and is worth looking at with your own eyes, but it means a Year 7 of one or two forms and, in the school's own words, girls who are 'never just another face in the crowd'. The three houses are named after places a Leicestershire family will have walked in: Beaumanor Hall, Bradgate Park and Charnwood Forest.
The school began as a kindergarten in a house on Alexandra Road at the turn of the last century, moved a few times, and bought Portland House on London Road in 1926, which it has been adding to ever since. In 1974 the parents' association took it over and formed the charitable trust that still runs it. Girls can arrive from half past seven and stay under supervision until six. Entry is assessed rather than sharply selective, and places go in the order applications arrive. It suits a daughter who would rather be somewhere she is quickly known.
Key facts
Annual fees
Years 6-13 £7,200 per term for 2026/27, including VAT. School lunches are included. Sibling discount of 5% for a second daughter and 10% for a third and subsequent daughters. Non-refundable registration fee £100. The place deposit is published as £250 on the entrance-exam page and £300 on the joining-us page; the school's own pages disagree.
Admissions
Admissions contact
l.jaiya@leicesterhigh.co.uk
Admissions phone
0116 270 5338
Registration form
https://portals.veracross.eu/lhs/form/lhs_enquiry/LHS_inquiry_account
Sibling policy
What this school tests
Online Entrance Examination
English
- Grammar
- Punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Comparison
- Reading Comprehension - Evaluation
- Reading Comprehension - Grammar and punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Inference and Deduction
- Reading Comprehension - Information Retrieval
- Reading Comprehension - Language Techniques and Imagery
- Reading Comprehension - Sentence-level Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension - Sequencing
- Reading Comprehension - Structure, Form, Voice and Tone
- Reading Comprehension - Summarising
- Reading Comprehension - Text Classification and Purpose
- Reading Comprehension - Types of Words and Phrases
- Reading Comprehension - Word Meaning / Choice
- Spelling
- Vocabulary
Maths
- Algebra
- Angles and Degrees
- BIDMAS
- Coordinate Grids
- Estimation and Rounding
- Factors and Multiples
- Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- Measurement
- Money
- Number and Place Value
- Operations
- Perimeter, Area and Volume
- Position and Direction
- Properties of Shapes
- Ratio and Proportion
- Reflection, Rotation and Symmetry
- Sequences
- Special Numbers
- Speed, Distance and Time
- Statistics
- Time
Non-verbal Reasoning
- Figure Analogies
- Figure Matrices
- Figure Series
- Grid Matrices
- Horizontal Codes
- Match to a Group of Figures
- Most Like Three Figures
- Odd Figure Out
- Odd Shaped Matrices
- Star Matrices
- Triangle Matrices
- Vertical Codes
Verbal Reasoning
- Alphabet Logic
- Anagrams
- Compound Words
- Embedded Words
- Form a Word
- Insert 2 / 3 Letters
- Insert a Letter
- Letter Analogies
- Letter Sequences
- Move 1 / 2 Letters
- Ordering Words
- Rhyming Synonyms
- Shuffled Sentences
- Synonyms
- Word / Logic Puzzles
- Word Analogies
- Word Completion
- Word Match
- Word Opposites
- Word Pairs
- Word Relationships
- Word Swap
- Words and Codes
Spatial Reasoning
- 2D Rotations
- 2D View of 3D Shape
- 3D Rotations
- Block Counting
- Building Blocks
- Combining Shapes
- Diagonal Reflections
- Figure Missing from Image
- Fold and Punch
- Folding Cubes
- Hidden Shapes
- Missing Face of Cube
- Nets of 3D Shapes
- Shape Completion
Creative Writing
English
- Creative Writing - Descriptive
- Creative Writing - Narrative
- Creative Writing - Personal
- Creative Writing - Persuasive
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
2026: 28% of grades at 9, 45% at 9-8 and 64% at 9-7, with several students achieving ten grade 9s. The school describes this as the best set of GCSE results in Leicestershire and Rutland for the year (school's own published figures).
A-level results
2026: 61% of grades at A*-A and 89% at A*-B, with 100% A* in Further Mathematics. The school states this placed it in the top 5% of independent schools offering both GCSEs and A Levels nationally (school's own published figures).
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Leicester High School for Girls use?
The school uses a two-stage assessment process featuring Quest Admissions and independent exams.
Does Leicester High School for Girls interview candidates?
No, there is no interview stage as part of the entrance assessment process.
Is Leicester High School for Girls co-educational or single-sex?
It is an independent day school exclusively for girls aged three to eighteen.
What are the school fees for Leicester High School for Girls?
For the 2026/27 academic year, fees for Years 6-13 are #7,200 per term, which includes school lunches. A non-refundable registration fee of #100 also applies.
What is the website for Leicester High School for Girls?
You can find more information on the official school website at https://www.leicesterhigh.co.uk/.
Location
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