SQL Express 2008 to 2012 express upgrade not working

I'm trying to upgrade an older version of SQL Express 2008 to 2012 by first upgrading to (what I think is) 2008 SP3 (10.0.5500.0).
The upgrade to 2008 SP3 says it has completed and the version of the browser and client etc are showing as 10.3.5500.0 but the SQL Server version is still showing as 10.0.2531.0 in the errorlog. When I run the 2012 install exe (11.0.2100.60) it is failing
on "SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 or later is required"
I'm not very experienced when it comes to SQL so any help would be appreciated.

You are probably using a regular version of SP3 to upgrade. Express edition has a separate download which included service packs.
Please download the appropriate package from this link, provide the same instance name which you want to upgrade (as if you were to install a new instance with that name) and setup will run in upgrade mode". It will apply SP3 on existing express instance. 
http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=27597
Let me know if you need help selecting the right exe from the above link. 
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