Inglehurst Infant School
General Information
- Address: Ingle Street, Leicester, LE3 9FS – View on map
- Phone: 01162622479
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Kerry Pochin
- Age range: 3-7 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 44 families put it first for 45 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 45 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 56
- % eligible for free school meals: 27.3%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Leicester average)
- English as an additional language: 52% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 21.4% a year (Leicester 13.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 44% moved to another school, 56% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 2 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Leicester: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 12 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Leicester, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card May 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
- Achievement Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
- Early years Expected standard
- Leadership and governance Expected standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Inadequate (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.
Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,988 (2024-25)
6th of 9 infant schools in Leicester for spending per pupil
- #4Imperial Avenue Infant School£7,340
- #5Merrydale Infant School£7,089
- #6Inglehurst Infant School£6,988
- #7Green Lane Infant School£6,871
- #8Uplands Infant School£6,396
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