Academy converter · Leicestershire

Kibworth Mead Academy

11–16Ages
852Pupils
SecondaryPhase
137540URN

Smeeton Road, Kibworth, Leicester, LE8 0LG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

0.5 below Leicestershire median (2.3)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Leicestershire

324 applications for 178 places · 36th of 43 in Leicestershire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

46.9of 90

Leicestershire 46.7 England 46.0

21st of 43 in Leicestershire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 27 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.8applications per place, Year 7

0.5 below Leicestershire median (2.3) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

324 applications · 178 places offered · 169 named it first

2026 1.8; Leicestershire median median 2.3
2025 1.5; Leicestershire median median 2.3
2024 1.4; Leicestershire median median 2.2
2023 1.4; Leicestershire median median 2.1
2022 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.8
2021 1.3; Leicestershire median median 1.7
2020 1.2; Leicestershire median median 1.8
2019 1.2; Leicestershire median median 1.6
2018 1.2; Leicestershire median median 1.6
2017 1.1; Leicestershire median median 1.6
2016 1.1; Leicestershire median median 1.6
2015 1.3; Leicestershire median median 1.5
2014 1.2; Leicestershire median median 1.4

More applications per place than the Leicestershire median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Leicestershire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	178	324	1.8	169	0.95
Sep 2025	173	265	1.5	149	0.86
Sep 2024	141	203	1.4	127	0.90
Sep 2023	138	190	1.4	124	0.90
Sep 2022	136	193	1.4	126	0.93
Sep 2021	179	226	1.3	170	0.95
Sep 2020	150	185	1.2	136	0.91
Sep 2019	181	220	1.2	166	0.92
Sep 2018	173	208	1.2	160	0.92
Sep 2017	175	198	1.1	172	0.98
Sep 2016	179	203	1.1	179	1.00
Sep 2015	173	216	1.3	170	0.98
Sep 2014	215	253	1.2	206	0.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

180 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.921st of 43 in Leicestershire

Leicestershire 46.7 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%29th of 43 in Leicestershire

Leicestershire 46% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths66%

Leicestershire 66% England 66%

This school
Leicestershire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.01

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	180	46.9	39%	66%	–
2024/25	171	47.8	50%	70%	–
2023/24	169	50.2	55%	72%	−0.01
2022/23	166	46.5	45%	75%	−0.16

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Kibworth Mead AcademyThis school
This school

Good2024

1.8applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
The Robert Smyth Academy
7.3 km · Leicestershire

Remains Good2022

2.5applications per place 55.1Attainment 8
Beauchamp College
7.9 km · Leicestershire

Good2022

2.7applications per place 55.9Attainment 8
Gartree High School
8.0 km · Leicestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.5applications per place 54.1Attainment 8
Welland Park Academy
8.3 km · Leicestershire

Standards maintained2025

2.3applications per place 52.3Attainment 8
Manor High School
8.8 km · Leicestershire

Remains Good2024

3.5applications per place 60.4Attainment 8
Wigston Academy
9.7 km · Leicestershire

Good2022

1.7applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
Wigston College
9.8 km · Leicestershire

Remains Good2022
South Wigston High School
10.8 km · Leicestershire

2026

2.3applications per place 36.9Attainment 8

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 137540 · 855/4055
Trust: The Mead Educational Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 900 pupils · 852 on roll
Free school meals: 15.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 October 2011
Replaced: Kibworth High School & Community Technology College (URN 120273)
Address: Smeeton Road, Kibworth, Leicester, LE8 0LG
Local authority: Leicestershire · Harborough

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources