Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy

About Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy

Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy in Leicester has been rated Good by Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in 2019, and a subsequent ungraded visit in January 2025 confirmed that standards are being maintained. The school’s leadership and management were also judged Good. This represents a significant turnaround from the school’s previous inspection in 2014, when it was rated Inadequate overall. On the most telling academic metric for a primary school, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure sits above the Leicester local authority average of 62%, placing Uplands 27th out of 82 similar schools in the area. Just 2% of pupils reached the higher standard across all three subjects, though 18% achieved the higher bar in maths specifically.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 KS2 results, the school’s strongest individual subject was maths, where 81% of pupils reached the expected standard and the average scaled score was 104. Reading followed with 74% at the expected level and an average score of 103, while writing saw 77% meeting expectations. The proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard was notably lower in writing at 6% and reading at 17%, compared with 18% in maths. Nationally, the school ranks in the 38th percentile, and within the East Midlands region it sits in the 34th percentile. With 468 pupils on roll, the school is very close to its capacity of 480, and 32.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average and gives useful context to the solid academic outcomes.

Parent feedback from the Parent View survey, based on 17 responses between September 2024 and September 2025, is broadly positive. 88% of respondents would recommend the school, and strong majorities agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy (94%), feels safe (100%), and does well (94%). The school offers a range of facilities including a gymnasium, sports hall, art studios and a chapel, and runs clubs such as choir, science club, gardening and book club. Sports on offer include athletics, swimming, rounders and cricket. For SEND, the school supports a wide range of needs including dyslexia, autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language communication needs, and physical disability. The school is a junior academy for ages 7 to 11, with no nursery or sixth form provision, and is a mixed, non-religious state school in Leicester. It will suit families looking for a Good-rated junior school with above-average KS2 outcomes and a strong sense of safety and happiness reported by parents.

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