Rushey Mead Academy
Secondary schoolRushey Mead Academy is a secondary school in Leicester, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,804 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 12 May 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching
- Exceptional
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour
- Exceptional
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Exceptional
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Rushey Mead Academy was 56.8, against 46.1 in Leicester and 46.2 in England.
61.6% 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 | 56.8 | 46.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 61.6% | 45.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78.4% | 63.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 352 | – | – |
- 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
In a straight line- Herrick Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2024. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)420 m
- Soar Valley CollegeSecondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 49.6 (2025/26, provisional)430 m
- Mellor Community Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, September 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 m
- Rushey Mead Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, April 2024. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- Wyvern Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)740 m
- Spark Vale AcademySpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file820 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Leicester
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).