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Thurnby Mead Primary Academy

3–11Ages
248Pupils
PrimaryPhase
142967URN

Dudley Avenue, Leicester, LE5 2EG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodSep 2012

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · May 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.9per place

0.3 above Leicester median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Leicester

52 applications for 27 places · 16th of 72 in Leicester

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

43%met the expected standard

Leicester 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodSep 2012

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · May 2025

Inspection history

21 May 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
27 September 2012
Graded inspection: Good · as Thurnby Lodge Primary School and Speech and Language Unit, URN 120057

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

1.9applications per place, Reception

0.3 above Leicester median (1.6) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

52 applications · 27 places offered · 24 named it first

2026 1.9; Leicester median median 1.6
2025 2.5; Leicester median median 1.7
2024 2.0; Leicester median median 1.7
2023 2.9; Leicester median median 1.6
2022 2.3; Leicester median median 1.6
2021 2.4; Leicester median median 1.7
2020 1.8; Leicester median median 1.7
2019 1.8; Leicester median median 1.5
2018 1.8; Leicester median median 1.6
2017 1.7; Leicester median median 1.6
2016 2.3; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 1.9; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 2.1; Leicester median median 1.7; as the previous school

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

This school
Leicester median

Dashed bars: as Thurnby Lodge Primary School and Speech and Language Unit (URN 120057), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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	27	52	1.9	24	0.89
Sep 2025	30	74	2.5	31	1.03
Sep 2024	30	59	2.0	33	1.10
Sep 2023	30	87	2.9	34	1.13
Sep 2022	30	68	2.3	37	1.23
Sep 2021	30	73	2.4	36	1.20
Sep 2020	30	55	1.8	31	1.03
Sep 2019	24	42	1.8	18	0.75
Sep 2018	30	55	1.8	34	1.13
Sep 2017	30	50	1.7	31	1.03
Sep 2016 *	30	70	2.3	31	1.03
Sep 2015 *	28	52	1.9	23	0.82
Sep 2014 *	28	60	2.1	24	0.86

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 54% · Writing 66% · Maths 57% → all three 43% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard43%64th of 71 in Leicester

Leicester 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard54%

Leicester 74% England 78%

Higher standard23%

Leicester 29% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard66%

Leicester 71% England 75%

Greater depth11%

Leicester 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard57%

Leicester 76% England 77%

Higher standard17%

Leicester 28% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Leicester median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	43%	9%	103	102
2023/24	74%	9%	107	107
2022/23	57%	7%	102	104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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

Thurnby Mead Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

1.9applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy
0.7 km · Leicester

Good2023

2.0applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Academy
0.9 km · Leicester

2026

1.7applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Krishna Avanti Primary School
1.2 km · Leicester

Remains Good2023

1.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Scraptoft Valley Primary School
1.2 km · Leicester

Good2022

1.5applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
Fernvale Primary School
1.3 km · Leicestershire

Standards maintained2024

2.4applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
Whitehall Primary School
1.3 km · Leicester

Good2024

1.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy
1.4 km · Leicester

Good2023

1.4applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Humberstone Junior School
1.4 km · Leicester

Outstanding2023

81%met the SATs standard

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

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 142967 · 856/2328
Trust: The Mead Educational Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 248 on roll
Free school meals: 28.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: SEN unit
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 July 2016
Replaced: Thurnby Lodge Primary School and Speech and Language Unit (URN 120057)
Address: Dudley Avenue, Leicester, LE5 2EG
Local authority: Leicester

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources