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Rushey Mead Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Melton Road, Leicester LE4 7AN · rushey-tmet.uk · 0116 266 3730
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 51.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicester 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.14 mi
- 1.83 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,804
- 184 over 1,620 places · 111%
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 22.4%
- First language not English
- 88.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.14 mi (1.83 km) from the school. Source: Leicester Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 413 families put the school first and 356 places were offered; 83% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 356 | 413 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 358 | 426 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 354 | 415 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 382 | 386 | 1▲ | 90% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 324 | 400 | 1.2▲ | 74% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.14 mi1.83 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 51.6, and 51.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leicester it was 45.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲51.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲51.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ●64.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲81.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲5.05 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120282)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 22.3 | +9.6 |
| Sixth form college | 45.3 | +1.4 |
| Further education | 24.8 | −11.2 |
| Other education | 0.3 | −0.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.6 | +0.3 |
| Employment | 0.3 | −0.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.4 | −1.4 |
| Activity not captured | 3.1 | +1.8 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Rushey Mead Academy on 12 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching: Exceptional
- Achievement: Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour: Exceptional
- Personal development and well-being: Exceptional
- Leadership and governance: Exceptional
- Inspected
- 12 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Exceptional |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Exceptional |
| Achievement | Exceptional |
| Attendance and behaviour | Exceptional |
| Personal development and well-being | Exceptional |
| Leadership and governance | Exceptional |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Outstanding
Quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (77 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 77
- 4% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied