# Rushey Mead Academy

Rushey 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.

Secondary school. Code E141916. [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 1,804
- Council: Leicester
- URN: 141916

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report 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
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 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

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

- [Herrick Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/herrick-primary-school-e120100): 420 m. Primary. School remains Good, May 2024. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Soar Valley College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/soar-valley-college-e148877): 430 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 49.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Mellor Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mellor-community-primary-school-e120073): 660 m. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, September 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Rushey Mead Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rushey-mead-primary-school-e120009): 700 m. Primary. School remains Good, April 2024. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Wyvern Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wyvern-primary-school-e120028): 740 m. Primary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Spark Vale Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/spark-vale-academy-e151121): 820 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file

## 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/141916)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/141916)

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