Inglehurst Infant School, Leicester

Ofsted's report card from its 12 May 2026 inspection grades Inglehurst Infant School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils generally make suitable progress from where they start."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Attendance is broadly average, with most pupils attending regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a curriculum that focuses on helping pupils learn key knowledge step by step."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children get off to a secure start in the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders make sure that pupils with a wide range of needs succeed."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders and those responsible for governance know the school well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders provide a clear and well-planned programme for pupils' personal development."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers take effective, timely action to address misconceptions and gaps in pupils' knowledge to ensure pupils' foundational knowledge is securely established"; "Leaders should ensure that the wider curriculum supports pupils to secure and apply the foundations of reading, spelling and handwriting".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Inglehurst Infant School - a place where every child is known, valued and encouraged to shine. At Inglehurst, children aged three to seven learn and grow in a warm, nurturing and inclusive environment."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, gymnastics and dance.

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

For September 2026 entry, 44 families put Inglehurst Infant School as their first choice and 82 named it as one of their preferences, for 45 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Inglehurst Infant School are Inglehurst Junior School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 61% reading, 65% maths); Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 82% reading, 76% maths); Parks Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 95% reading, 93% maths); and Stokes Wood Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 70% reading, 78% maths).

Inglehurst Infant School is one of 9 schools run by Attenborough Learning Trust, an academy trust.

52.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (29%), White British (25%) and Black (23%).

In 2026, 36 pupils (15.8%) received SEN support and 4 (1.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Leicester Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sandhurst Road (opposite), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Inglehurst Infant School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 673 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leicester (382), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Inglehurst Infant School issued 4 suspensions, 1.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Inglehurst Infant School are Brook Mead Academy (0.3 miles); English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy (0.7 miles); Castle Mead Academy (0.7 miles); and The Herewoode Academy (0.8 miles).