Taylor Road Primary School
Primary · Leicester · LE1 2JP
Data updated
SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection
We show the lowest of the four areas Ofsted did judge, listed below. Why some schools have no overall grade →
Inspected 28 January 2025
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612 pupils · 93% of 656 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 32.4% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.taylorroadprimary.co.uk/
- URN
- 152042
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 63 families named it first for 63 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 28 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place63 places offered · 63 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Leicester school admissions · the wider Leicester authority
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Indian 34% (Leicester 36%, England 4%) · Black African 31% (Leicester 8%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 7% (Leicester 6%, England 2%) · Any other White background 5% (Leicester 7%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Leicester 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 3% (Leicester 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Leicester 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Leicester 5%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Leicester 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Leicester 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Leicester 2%, England 2%) · White British 2% (Leicester 19%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Leicester 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Leicester 3%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 20% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 34.7% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 8.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 38.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 56.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 23.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 56.6% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 18.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 4.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 82.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 7.1% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 52% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013754 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £204,000212 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £120,000–£255,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 5an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 13an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 78an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 14an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted