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Kestrel Mead Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Maidenwell Avenue, Hamilton, Leicester LE5 1TG · kestrel-tmet.uk · 0116 246 1732
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 79%
- 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
- 761
- 88% of 866 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21.6%
- First language not English
- 49.8%
- 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, 58 families put the school first and 59 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 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 88 | 86 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 77 | 75 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 88 | 88 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 94 | 93 | 1 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% 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 | |||
| ▲79% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120103)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 18 April 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Kestrel Mead Primary Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 17 Apr 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120103), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120103)
Jan 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120103)
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (154 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 154
- 19% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 28 parents (18%) with SEND