# Thurnby Mead Primary Academy

Thurnby 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.

Primary school. Code E142967. [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 248
- Council: Leicester
- URN: 142967

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, May 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 21 May 2025
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, 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

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

- [Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/willowbrook-mead-primary-academy-e142857): 710 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Joseph's Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-academy-e138115): 870 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-pauls-catholic-school-a-voluntary-academy-e146232): 1.1 km. Secondary. School remains Good, January 2023. Attainment 8 of 49.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Krishna Avanti Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/krishna-avanti-primary-school-e136930): 1.2 km. Primary. School remains Good, May 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Scraptoft Valley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/scraptoft-valley-primary-school-e120086): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), September 2022. 37% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Oaklands Mead Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oaklands-mead-academy-e152580): 1.3 km. Special. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, February 2024

## 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/142967)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142967)

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