Uplands Infant School
Academy converter · Primary
Leicester · LE2 0DR · Leicester
Ages 2–7
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 142787
Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy
Academy sponsor led · Leicester · LE2 0DR
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 7–11
Pupils
447
Local authority
Leicester
Age range
Ages 7–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo 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 academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 7–11, in Leicester, Leicester, 447 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 27.3%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 142787
Location
- Address
- Melbourne Road, Highfields
- Postcode
- LE2 0DR
- Town
- Leicester
- County
- Leicestershire
- Local authority
- Leicester
- District
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester South
- 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
- 447
- Boys / girls
- 210 / 237
- School capacity
- 480
- Capacity fill
- 447 / 480 (93%)
- Free school meals
- 27.3%
- FSM pupils
- 122
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: L.E.A.D. ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- L.E.A.D. ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- L.E.A.D. Multi-Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Lucy Carlisle
- Telephone
- 01162538407