Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Leicester, LE2 0DR
- Distance
- 0.1km away
Highfields Primary School
Pluto Close, Highfields, Leicester, LE2 0UU
Local ranking34th of 81 primary schools in Leicester
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
388
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 5 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 65.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 4.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 48
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 363
- Boys
- 183 (50%)
- Girls
- 180 (50%)
- Capacity
- 388 (94% full)
- SEND
- 16.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.2%
- EAL
- 86.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.9%
- SEN Support
- 12.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,457/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Asian Indian: 56.0%
- Asian Other: 9.7%
- Black African: 8.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 4.4%
- Mixed Other: 3.9%
- Other: 3.9%
- Black Other: 1.9%
56.0%
Asian Indian
9.7%
Asian Other
8.3%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Pluto Close
Leicester, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 146844
- UKPRN
- 10082993
- Establishment No.
- 2071
- Trust
- ATTENBOROUGH LEARNING TRUST
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