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Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy

2–11Ages
437Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144107URN

Balderstone Close, Off Ambassador Road, Leicester, LE5 4ES · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

0.2 below Leicester median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Leicester

84 applications for 60 places · 55th of 72 in Leicester

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

76%met the expected standard

Leicester 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 3 October 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision	Outstanding

Inspection history

3 October 2023
Graded inspection: Good
30 January 2020
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

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

1.4applications per place, Reception

0.2 below Leicester median (1.6) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

84 applications · 60 places offered · 65 named it first

2026 1.4; Leicester median median 1.6
2025 1.4; Leicester median median 1.7
2024 1.5; Leicester median median 1.7
2023 1.6; Leicester median median 1.6
2022 1.4; Leicester median median 1.6
2021 1.7; Leicester median median 1.7
2020 1.7; Leicester median median 1.7
2019 1.6; Leicester median median 1.5
2018 1.4; Leicester median median 1.6
2017 1.3; Leicester median median 1.6
2016 1.7; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 1.7; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 1.4; Leicester median median 1.7; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Leicester median in 1 of 10 years.

This school
Leicester median

Dashed bars: as Rowlatts Hill Primary School (URN 120054), 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	60	84	1.4	65	1.08
Sep 2025	60	85	1.4	60	1.00
Sep 2024	49	73	1.5	49	1.00
Sep 2023	45	70	1.6	46	1.02
Sep 2022	43	62	1.4	40	0.93
Sep 2021	43	71	1.7	37	0.86
Sep 2020	45	76	1.7	52	1.16
Sep 2019	45	72	1.6	44	0.98
Sep 2018	42	57	1.4	38	0.90
Sep 2017	45	57	1.3	37	0.82
Sep 2016 *	43	71	1.7	35	0.81
Sep 2015 *	45	78	1.7	51	1.13
Sep 2014 *	40	56	1.4	32	0.80

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 78% · Maths 87% → all three 76% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard76%9th of 71 in Leicester

Leicester 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard80%

Leicester 74% England 78%

Higher standard41%

Leicester 29% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard78%

Leicester 71% England 75%

Greater depth24%

Leicester 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard87%

Leicester 76% England 77%

Higher standard39%

Leicester 28% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (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	76%	22%	107	108
2023/24	78%	15%	108	107
2022/23	64%	11%	104	106

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

Rowlatts Mead Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Good2023

1.4applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Coleman Primary School
1.1 km · Leicester

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.9applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Whitehall Primary School
1.1 km · Leicester

Good2024

1.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
St Barnabas CofE Primary School
1.2 km · Leicester

Remains Good2023

1.5applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Krishna Avanti Primary School
1.2 km · Leicester

Remains Good2023

1.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Humberstone Junior School
1.3 km · Leicester

Outstanding2023

81%met the SATs standard
Humberstone Infant Academy
1.3 km · Leicester

Remains Good · improving2024

1.8applications per place
Merrydale Junior School
1.3 km · Leicester

Standards maintained2025

67%met the SATs standard
Merrydale Infant School
1.4 km · Leicester

Good2023

1.3applications per place

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 144107 · 856/2324
Trust: The Mead Educational Trust
Capacity: 315 pupils · 437 on roll
Free school meals: 29.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 April 2017
Replaced: Rowlatts Hill Primary School (URN 120054)
Address: Balderstone Close, Off Ambassador Road, Leicester, LE5 4ES
Local authority: Leicester

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