# St Mary's Fields Academy

St Mary's Fields Academy is a primary school in Leicester, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 433 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E150622. [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 433
- Council: Leicester
- URN: 150622

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires improvement (overall), January 2023, before the school changed
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 11 January 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Requires improvement
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, 62% of pupils at St Mary's Fields Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Leicester and 62% in England.
3% 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 | 62% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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.

- [Fullhurst Community College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fullhurst-community-college-e120298): 640 m. Secondary. Good (overall), September 2023. Attainment 8 of 39.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Imperial Avenue Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/imperial-avenue-infant-school-e120014): 790 m. Primary. School remains Good, June 2023
- [Folville Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/folville-junior-school-e120034): 850 m. Primary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ellesmere College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ellesmere-college-e130371): 980 m. Special. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- [Caldecote Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/caldecote-community-primary-school-e132211): 1.2 km. Primary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Shaftesbury Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shaftesbury-junior-school-e120026): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), February 2022. 58% 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/150622)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/150622)

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