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King Richard III Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Andrewes Street, Leicester LE3 5PA · kingrichards.leicester.sch.uk · 0116 262 1905
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
- Last distance offered
- 0.42 mi
- 0.68 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 269
- 85% of 318 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 20.9%
- First language not English
- 79.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.42 mi (682 m) from the school. Source: Leicester Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 73 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 82% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 73 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 89 | 1.5▲ | 67% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 114 | 1.9▲ | 53% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 98 | 1.6▲ | 60% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 65 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.42 mi0.68 km | |
Ofsted
King Richard III Infant and Nursery School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 23 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 23 Apr 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Dec 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 11
- 4% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 55% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied