Overdale Infant School

Academy converter·Infant school Leicester·LE2 3YA
School type
Infant school
Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Overdale 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%
83 first choices, 84 places
First choices per place
0.99
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
136
any preference, for 84 places
Last place offered lived
2.16 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 3479 m
Applications from another council area
21%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9920220.9920230.9820240.9920250.992026

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 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

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

Ofsted judgements

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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
321
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
8.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
35.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,458
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Overdale Infant School at a glance

Located in Leicester, Overdale Infant School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 321 pupils aged 3 to 7.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Overdale Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 84 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 2.16 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 5.8%. There are about 24.1 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Overdale Infant School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.