Shaftesbury Junior School
Community school in Leicester, Leicester.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Community school |
| Age range | 7 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 239 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 240 |
| Free school meals | 36.00% |
| Local authority | Leicester |
| Address | Latimer Street, Shaftesbury Junior School, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 0QE |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | http://www.shaftesbury.leicester.sch.uk |
| Telephone | 01162549203 |
| URN | 120026 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 8 February 2022, published 22 March 2022:
| Overall effectiveness | Good |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- King Richard III Infant and Nursery School (primary school, about 0.3 km)
- Imperial Avenue Infant School (primary school, about 1.0 km)
- Dovelands Primary School (primary school, about 1.1 km)
- Hazel Community Primary School (primary school, about 1.1 km)
- Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy (primary school, about 1.2 km)
- St Mary's Fields Academy (primary school, about 1.2 km)
- Inglehurst Infant School (primary school, about 1.5 km)
- Inglehurst Junior School (primary school, about 1.5 km)
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School data: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (downloaded 11 October 2026). Inspection data: Ofsted, state-funded schools inspections and outcomes management information (as at 31 August 2026). Last updated 2026-10-11.