The best schools in and around Market Harborough

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 Avant Homes

Updated:
 11 July 2025

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If you're looking for a new build home in Market Harborough as a family or simply planning ahead, then ensuring there are great schools for your children is a key factor. Luckily for you, the town has plenty great schools located in and around it, which is why we've taken some time to shortlist some of the best schools in Market Harborough to help you make an easy choice that suits your needs.

Primary schools in Market Harborough

Well renowned in the area, Great Bowden Academy is one of the better schools in the Market Harborough area. The school is a Church of England school that incorporates a strong Christian ethos within its curriculum. 

Other options in the area include Farndon Fields Primary, which has a school motto to nurture talent, develop learning and inspire success. They have had extensive development within the school over the last few years including a new library and seven new classrooms.

Ridgeway Primary Academy believes in ‘enjoyment in learning’, and the school offers breakfast clubs to support parents, making it one of the best primary schools in Market Harborough.  

Little Bowden School aims to inspire creative, curious independent learners. The school also encourages musical talents with a choir and orchestra alongside teaching mandarin, which is the second most popular language in the world.

Foxton Primary School can be found in the village of Foxton and has a special community feel to it. The school currently has around 90 students, so the teachers and students are all very familiar with each other. The PTA runs fundraisers throughout the year and works closely with the village, sharing their school hall outside of term time for events. 

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Secondary schools in Market Harborough

Those with older children and teenagers will probably be after a school with great GCSE records, good pastoral care, and a variety of subjects.

That's why we've shortlisted some of the best secondary schools in Market Harborough and its surrounding area that accept students from villages all around the county, such as Dingley, Sutton Bassett, Gartree, and East Farndon to name a few. 

Gartree High School in Oadby has a sleek and modern building with beautiful playing fields behind for sports games and lessons. The school puts a lot of focus into the social and emotional learning of their pupils, and offers lessons in astronomy, business studies, film studies, languages, food studies, and core subjects for their students.

Manor High School, also in Oadby, is in the top 1% for progress within the country and top for attainment and progress within the Leicester and Leicestershire area. The school has a high number of students who progress into higher education, particularly within medicine and related subjects. 

Wigston College is a sixth form college with a huge variety of subjects including accounting, dance, drama and theatre, Government Politics, sociology, and several languages, to name just a few. The college also holds regular events and supports the local community where possible.

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The Robert Smyth Academy has beautiful grounds and large buildings named after trees. The school has put a huge amount of effort into helping students catch up from the loss of education during the pandemic, and have offered catch-up classes, worksheets, and meetings with parents to give additional support to ensure their students get the best education. All this hard work continues to make it one of the best secondary schools in Market Harborough itself.

With so many high-quality and supportive primary, secondary schools and colleges within the area, this area is a fantastic place to raise children and look for a new build home in MarketHarborough with your family. 

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