Slater Street School

Slater Street School is a school building dating from 1874, with minor alterations in the 20th century. It was constructed for the Leicester School Board. The building is constructed of red brick with ashlar and blue brick dressings, and has a graduated slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles. It is two storeys high.

The west facade, facing Frog Island, features six windows. The ground floor has six pairs of tall casements with brick moulded, pointed heads. Above, six smaller windows are positioned; the second and fourth project slightly, rising through the eaves as gabled dormers, each with a pair of tall pointed arched windows above which is a circular window with iron star glazing. Remaining windows have pairs of flat-headed casements.

The north facade, facing Slate Street, has ten windows. A cross wing to the right has a pointed arched doorway with a plank door, an ashlar lintel, a cast iron plaque inscribed "INFANTS", a pointed arched overlight with cast iron star glazing, and a moulded hood. To the right is a three-light ashlar mullion window set in a pointed arched recess with a shallow pointed relieving arch. Above, there is another three-light mullion window set in a pointed arched recess, with a circular window incorporating iron star tracery. The central seven-window section has seven pairs of tall casements with brick moulded, pointed heads. Above, the second and fifth windows project slightly, rising through the eaves as gabled dormers, each with a pair of tall pointed arched windows surmounted by a circular window with iron tracery. The remaining windows have pairs of flat-headed casements. The irregular left end has a pair of pointed arched doorways with plank doors, ashlar lintels, and cast iron star-glazed overlights with hood moulds. To the left are three tall vent slits. Above is a small three-light mullion window and two small 20th-century casements. The rear of the building features a wooden first-floor corridor supported on timber posts with clap-boarding and three-light windows.

The interior retains its original features and plan form, including doors, internal glazed partitions, and staircases. Upper-floor classrooms have exposed roofs with ornate wooden trusses. Historically, the school was designed to accommodate 378 boys, 310 girls, and 243 infants, and it represents the oldest surviving board school in Leicester in a historic condition.