Merrydale Junior School
Academy converter · Primary
Leicester · LE5 0PL · Leicester
Ages 7–11
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 120023
Merrydale Infant School
Community school · Leicester · LE5 0PL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–7
Pupils
334
Local authority
Leicester
Age range
Ages 3–7
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–7, in Leicester, Leicester, 334 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 17%.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 120023
Location
- Address
- Claydon Road
- Postcode
- LE5 0PL
- Town
- Leicester
- County
- Leicestershire
- Local authority
- Leicester
- District
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester East
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 334
- Boys / girls
- 176 / 158
- School capacity
- 270
- Capacity fill
- 334 / 270 (124%)
- Free school meals
- 17%
- FSM pupils
- 46
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Tipple-Johnson
- Telephone
- 01162767593