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Uplands Infant School

  • 2–7Ages
  • 436Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 146853URN

Melbourne Road, Highfields, Leicester, LE2 0DR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
close to Leicester median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Leicester

146 applications for 93 places · 40th of 72 in Leicester
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 26 October 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.6applications per place, Reception
close to Leicester median (1.6) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

146 applications · 93 places offered · 91 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Leicester median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.5; Leicester median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.7; Leicester median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.7; Leicester median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.6; Leicester median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.7; Leicester median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.7; Leicester median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.2; Leicester median median 1.5; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.7; Leicester median median 1.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.7; Leicester median median 1.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.6; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.0; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.7; Leicester median median 1.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Leicester median

Dashed bars: as Uplands Infant School (URN 120036), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026931461.6910.98
Sep 20251041581.51020.98
Sep 2024871491.7820.94
Sep 2023741241.7730.99
Sep 2022901461.6880.98
Sep 2021881531.7881.00
Sep 20201051811.7970.92
Sep 2019 *1201481.2920.77
Sep 2018 *821381.7730.89
Sep 2017 *831381.7720.87
Sep 2016 *1141871.6910.80
Sep 2015 *1032032.0880.85
Sep 2014 *1201981.71221.02

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  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
146853 · 856/2299
Trust
Attenborough Learning Trust
Capacity
460 pupils · 436 on roll
Free school meals
14.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2019
Replaced
Uplands Infant School (URN 120036)
Address
Melbourne Road, Highfields, Leicester, LE2 0DR
Local authority
Leicester

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources