# Rushey Mead Primary School

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

It had 532 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E120009. [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 532
- Council: Leicester
- URN: 120009

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, April 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 17 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, 46% of pupils at Rushey Mead Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Leicester and 62% in England.
4% 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 | 46% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 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.

- [Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/saint-patricks-catholic-voluntary-academy-e146147): 310 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Spark Vale Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/spark-vale-academy-e151121): 410 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Mellor Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mellor-community-primary-school-e120073): 420 m. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, September 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Wyvern Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wyvern-primary-school-e120028): 480 m. Primary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Soar Valley College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/soar-valley-college-e148877): 570 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 49.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Darul Uloom Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/school/darul-uloom-leicester-e120345): 690 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools 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/120009)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/120009)

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