Merrydale Infant School

Community school·Infant school Leicester·LE5 0PL

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Merrydale Infant 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

100%

75 first choices, 76 places

First choices per place

0.99

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

101

any preference, for 76 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01

00.511.5

1 per place

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

Every child who put Merrydale Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 353
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

25.1%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

83.3%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

6.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.4%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.6%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

19.1%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.1

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,089

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Merrydale Junior School Leicester · 0.0 mi 45.9 St Barnabas CofE Primary School Leicester · 0.3 mi 51.1 North Mead Primary Academy Leicester · 0.5 mi 70.5 Falcons Primary School Leicester · 0.6 mi 41.0 Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy Leicester · 0.7 mi 53.4 Bridge Junior School Leicester · 0.7 mi 29.1 Shenton Primary School Leicester · 0.8 mi 39.6 Humberstone Junior School Leicester · 0.8 mi 76.0

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 Merrydale Infant School

Merrydale Infant School is a primary school in Leicester, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 353 pupils aged 3 to 7 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Merrydale Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 76 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 21.1 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.