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Uplands Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Academy
Melbourne Road, Highfields, Leicester LE2 0DR · uplandsinfant.org.uk · 0116 262 5280
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2022
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 436
- 95% of 460 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 14%
- First language not English
- 90.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Leicester Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 91 families put the school first and 93 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 93 | 91 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 104 | 102 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 87 | 82 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 74 | 73 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 88 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Uplands Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 26 October 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 26 Oct 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2009
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120036), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120036)
Mar 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120036)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (102 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 102
- 25% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on 9 parents (9%) whose child was bullied
based on 5 parents (5%) with SEND