# Kestrel Mead Primary Academy

Kestrel Mead Primary Academy is a primary school in Leicester, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 761 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E147411. [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 761
- Council: Leicester
- URN: 147411

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, April 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 18 April 2024
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 2024/25, 79% of pupils at Kestrel Mead Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Leicester and 62% in England.
10% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Leicester | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 79% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 10% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 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.

- [Keyham Lodge School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/keyham-lodge-school-e148171): 240 m. Special. Standards maintained, November 2024
- [Orchard Mead Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/orchard-mead-academy-e144629): 680 m. Secondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 40.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Netherhall Mead Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/netherhall-mead-academy-e151482): 700 m. Special. School remains Good, June 2022
- [Elmbrook School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/elmbrook-school-e132824): 760 m. Pupil referral and alternative provision. Good (overall), May 2022
- [Gateway Sixth Form College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gateway-sixth-form-college-e147756): 820 m. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Scraptoft Valley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/scraptoft-valley-primary-school-e120086): 850 m. Primary. Good (overall), September 2022. 37% 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/147411)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/147411)

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