Humberstone Infant Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–7 · Leicester
Humberstone Infant Academy is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–7 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 12 June 2024. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Main Street, Humberstone, Leicester, LE5 1AE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 249 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 12 June 2024
Strengths
- “Humberstone Infant Academy is an aspirational and extremely well led school.”
- “The school has ambitious expectations for all pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to succeed.”
- “Pupils respond incredibly positively to these expectations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 71 first-preference applications, 73 offers in total, 71 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Last distance offered for Reception 2025 to 2026, as Leicester published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leicester.
- Humberstone Junior School 0.0 mi Outstanding
- Falcons Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Merrydale Junior School 0.8 mi Standards maintained
- Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Kestrel Mead Primary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Merrydale Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Thurnby Mead Primary Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published