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Rushey Mead Academy

11–16Ages
1,804Pupils
SecondaryPhase
141916URN

Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 7AN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.3per place

close to Leicester median (2.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Leicester

820 applications for 356 places · 9th of 21 in Leicester

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

56.8of 90

Leicester 49.6 England 46.0

2nd of 21 in Leicester

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 12 May 2026Published 25 August 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard	Expected standard	Needs attention	Urgent improvement
Inclusion	Exceptional
Curriculum and teaching	Exceptional
Achievement	Exceptional
Attendance and behaviour	Exceptional
Personal development and wellbeing	Exceptional
Early years	Does not apply to this school
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance	Exceptional

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

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Inspection history

12 May 2026
Report card · 6 Exceptional
8 March 2022
Graded inspection: Outstanding

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

2.3applications per place, Year 7

close to Leicester median (2.2) close to England median (2.2)

820 applications · 356 places offered · 413 named it first

2026 2.3; Leicester median median 2.2
2025 2.3; Leicester median median 2.1
2024 2.3; Leicester median median 2.1
2023 2.0; Leicester median median 2.0
2022 2.7; Leicester median median 1.7
2021 2.6; Leicester median median 1.7
2020 2.7; Leicester median median 1.9
2019 2.6; Leicester median median 1.9
2018 2.0; Leicester median median 1.7
2017 2.1; Leicester median median 1.6
2016 2.2; Leicester median median 2.2
2015 2.0; Leicester median median 2.1; as the previous school
2014 1.9; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Leicester median in 10 of 11 years.

This school
Leicester median

Dashed bars: as Rushey Mead School (URN 120282), the previous school.

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	356	820	2.3	413	1.16
Sep 2025	358	814	2.3	426	1.19
Sep 2024	354	826	2.3	415	1.17
Sep 2023	382	777	2.0	386	1.01
Sep 2022	324	870	2.7	400	1.23
Sep 2021	324	827	2.6	424	1.31
Sep 2020	328	870	2.7	443	1.35
Sep 2019	328	862	2.6	466	1.42
Sep 2018	380	763	2.0	411	1.08
Sep 2017	328	671	2.1	362	1.10
Sep 2016	316	681	2.2	330	1.04
Sep 2015 *	315	614	2.0	280	0.89
Sep 2014 *	299	554	1.9	295	0.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

352 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)56.82nd of 21 in Leicester

Leicester 49.6 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths62%4th of 21 in Leicester

Leicester 47% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths78%

Leicester 67% England 66%

This school
Leicester median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.90

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	352	56.8	62%	78%	–
2024/25	322	51.6	52%	65%	–
2023/24	327	54.4	60%	78%	+0.90
2022/23	382	55.7	61%	74%	+1.09

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

Rushey Mead AcademyThis school
This school

2026

2.3applications per place 56.8Attainment 8
Soar Valley College
0.4 km · Leicester

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.6applications per place 49.6Attainment 8
Avanti Fields School
2.7 km · Leicester

Good2023

2.3applications per place 54.2Attainment 8
The Cedars Academy
2.7 km · Leicestershire

Remains Good2023

2.3applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
The Roundhill Academy
3.1 km · Leicestershire

Requires improvement2023

2.3applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
Babington Academy
3.3 km · Leicester

Good2023

1.3applications per place 36.1Attainment 8
Moat Community College
3.3 km · Leicester

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
Beaumont Leys School
3.5 km · Leicester

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.8applications per place 50.3Attainment 8
English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy
3.5 km · Leicester

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 55.4Attainment 8

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 141916 · 856/4244
Trust: The Mead Educational Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,620 pupils · 1,804 on roll
Free school meals: 22.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: SEN unit
Opened: 1 November 2015
Replaced: Rushey Mead School (URN 120282)
Address: Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 7AN
Local authority: Leicester

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