Uplands Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · Leicester
Uplands Infant School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 October 2022. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Melbourne Road, Highfields, Leicester, LE2 0DR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 436 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 October 2022
Strengths
- “Parents and carers, staff and pupils speak warmly about the school.”
- “Parents say that teachers are ‘always ready to listen’ and ‘greet us with a smile’.”
- “The school lives up to its aim of providing a ‘happy, warm and caring environment’.”
To improve
- “Until recently, outcomes in early reading had declined.”
- “Leaders have not ensured that the outdoor provision is used equally well to develop children’s knowledge and skills.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 91 first-preference applications, 93 offers in total, 91 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
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- 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.
- Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy 0.0 mi Standards maintained
- Highfields Primary School 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sparkenhoe Community Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Medway Community Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Charnwood Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Spinney Hill Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shenton Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published