King Richard III Infant and Nursery School

Community school·Infant school Leicester·LE3 5PA

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

King Richard III Infant and Nursery School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

82%

73 first choices, 60 places

First choices per place

1.22

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

126

any preference, for 60 places

Last place offered lived

0.42 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 682 m

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.27

00.511.522.5

1 per place

1.0820221.6320231.9020241.4820251.222026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Requires improvement

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Requires improvement

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 275
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

29.1%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

80.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

3.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.1%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.1%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

11.2%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

19.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,977

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Shaftesbury Junior School Leicester · 0.2 mi 37.7 Dovelands Primary School Leicester · 0.6 mi 41.0 Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy Leicester · 0.7 mi 39.8 Fosse Mead Primary Academy Leicester · 0.7 mi 45.9 Inglehurst Junior School Leicester · 0.7 mi 39.9 Slater Primary School Leicester · 0.7 mi 52.9 Hazel Community Primary School Leicester · 0.9 mi 44.6 Queensmead Primary Academy Leicester · 1.1 mi 65.9

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About King Richard III Infant and Nursery School

King Richard III Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Leicester, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 275 pupils aged 3 to 7 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted.

King Richard III Infant and Nursery School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 73 first choices for 60 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.42 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 19.3 pupils per teacher. If you are considering King Richard III Infant and Nursery School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.