The Divergent School Harborough
The Divergent School Harborough is an independent special school in Market Harborough for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 8 pupils and room for 25.
2 Heygate Street, Market Harborough, LE16 7JS0780 877 3941divergentharborough.co.ukMiss Charlotte Smith headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Leicestershire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 8 | 5 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooke House College | Independent | 210 m | 86 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Market Harborough Church of England Academy | Academy | 460 m | 392 | Not inspected | 83 | Compare |
| The Robert Smyth Academy | Academy | 520 m | 1,349 | Good 2022 | 77 | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy | Academy | 590 m | 190 | Not inspected | 85 | Compare |
| Ridgeway Primary Academy | Academy | 690 m | 234 | Report card 2026 | 10 | Compare |
| Welland Park Academy | Academy | 870 m | 1,014 | Not inspected | 83 | Compare |
| Little Bowden School | Council | 0.7 miles | 368 | No overall grade 2025 | 57 | Compare |
| Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 137 | No overall grade 2024 | 54 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Divergent School Harborough a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Divergent School Harborough yet.
How many pupils does The Divergent School Harborough have?
8 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 25 places, so it is 32% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 2 Heygate Street, Market Harborough, LE16 7JS
- Telephone
- 0780 877 3941
- Website
- divergentharborough.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Miss Charlotte Smith
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Ward
- Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 9 September 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150863 · LAESTAB 8556060
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.