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Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy

URN
142787
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy
URN
142787
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
7-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Strong

71 / 100

Strong

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

68

Inspection

68

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

90

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of primary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#18 of 64 schools in Leicester

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Competition not available
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Question 2

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
13 March 2025
Inspection date
29 January 2025
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    Standards maintained

    Graded 13 March 2025

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Admissions information is not currently available for this school.

Where to apply

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Local authority
Leicester
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Leicester)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.uplandsacademy.co.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Leicester to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

78.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

80.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

83.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

72.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

LE2 0DR - Melbourne Road, Highfields, Leicester, Leicestershire

Contact details

Address
Melbourne Road, Highfields, Leicester, Leicestershire
Postcode
LE2 0DR
Phone
1162538407
Website
www.uplandsacademy.co.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Leicester
Local authority code
856

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 276 schools in Leicester.

Authority statistics

Total schools

276

Open schools

142

Closed schools

134

Primary schools

149

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    13 March 202529 January 2025-Standards maintainedView report for inspection published 13 March 2025
    • Standards maintained

      Published
      13 March 2025
      Inspected
      29 January 2025
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    40

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary149 (54.2%)
    • Secondary40 (14.5%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other86 (31.3%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Uplands Infant School0 mPrimaryOpen
    Uplands Infant School0 mPrimaryClosed
    Uplands Junior School0 mPrimaryClosed
    Imam Ghazali Academy55 mNot applicableClosed
    Islamic Girls' School Leicester76 mNot applicableClosed
    Highfields Primary School110 mPrimaryOpen
    Highfields Primary School110 mPrimaryClosed
    Al-Islamia Institute for Education197 mNot applicableOpen
    Islamic Dawah Academy239 mNot applicableClosed
    Sparkenhoe Community Primary School388 mPrimaryClosed
    • Uplands Infant School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Uplands Infant School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Uplands Junior School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Imam Ghazali Academy
      Distance
      55 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • Islamic Girls' School Leicester

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Leicester)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Abbey Mead Primary AcademyPrimaryLE4 5HHOpen
    Abbey Primary Community SchoolPrimaryLE4 5HHClosed
    Alderman Richard Hallam Infant SchoolPrimaryLE4 0FGClosed
    Alderman Richard Hallam Junior SchoolPrimaryLE4 0FGClosed
    Alderman Richard Hallam Primary SchoolPrimaryLE4 0FQOpen
    • Abbey Mead Primary Academy
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      LE4 5HH
      Status
      Open
    • Abbey Primary Community School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      LE4 5HH
      Status
      Closed
    • Alderman Richard Hallam Infant School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      LE4 0FG
      Status
      Closed
    • Alderman Richard Hallam Junior School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      LE4 0FG
      Status
      Closed
    • Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School
    Distance
    76 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Highfields Primary School
    Distance
    110 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Highfields Primary School
    Distance
    110 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Al-Islamia Institute for Education
    Distance
    197 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Islamic Dawah Academy
    Distance
    239 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Sparkenhoe Community Primary School
    Distance
    388 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    LE4 0FQ
    Status
    Open