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Abbey Mead Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
109 Ross Walk, Leicester LE4 5HH · abbey-tmet.uk · 0116 266 1809
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Leicester 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 718
- 97% of 740 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.7%
- First language not English
- 94.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Leicester Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 81 families put the school first and 82 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 82 | 81 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 95 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 82 | 80 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 89 | 96 | 1.1▲ | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 83 | 80 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% the higher standard. Across Leicester it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120063)
Ofsted
Abbey Mead Primary Academy was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 5 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 5 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2011
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120063), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120063)
Nov 2009Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120063)
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 28
- 4% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied