# Castle Mead Academy

Castle Mead Academy is a secondary school in Leicester, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 1,223 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E147068. [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Free schools
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 1,223
- Council: Leicester
- URN: 147068

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (overall), October 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 24 October 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Castle Mead Academy was 46.3, against 46.1 in Leicester and 46.2 in England.
46.4% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Leicester | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 46.3 | 46.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46.4% | 45.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66.4% | 63.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 235 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [King Richard III Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/king-richard-iii-infant-and-nursery-school-e120017): 540 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), April 2024
- [Slater Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/slater-primary-school-e120101): 630 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Fosse Mead Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fosse-mead-primary-academy-e148391): 750 m. Primary. Good (overall), July 2024. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Shaftesbury Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shaftesbury-junior-school-e120026): 880 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2022. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Indie Education](https://openindex.co.uk/school/indie-education-e152150): 900 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Inglehurst Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/inglehurst-junior-school-e120016): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), November 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/147068)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/147068)

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