Thurnby Mead Primary Academy
Primary schoolThurnby Mead Primary Academy is a primary school in Leicester, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 248 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, May 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 21 May 2025
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 2024/25, 43% of pupils at Thurnby Mead Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Leicester and 62% in England.
9% 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 | 43% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 9% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 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
In a straight line- Willowbrook Mead Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)710 m
- St Joseph's Catholic AcademyPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)870 m
- St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademySecondary. School remains Good, January 2023. Attainment 8 of 49.8 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Krishna Avanti Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Scraptoft Valley Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2022. 37% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Oaklands Mead AcademySpecial. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, February 20241.3 km
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).