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Brook Mead Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
2 Garland Crescent, Leicester LE3 9BN · brook-tmet.uk · 0116 482 7195
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Last distance offered
- 0.77 mi
- 1.23 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,104
- 92% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 29.3%
- First language not English
- 42.6%
- 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 0.77 mi (1.23 km) from the school. Source: Leicester Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 301 families put the school first and 245 places were offered; 76% 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 | 245 | 301 | 1.2▲ | 76% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 250 | 188 | 0.8 | 97% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 238 | 102 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 170 | 65 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 185 | 60 | 0.3 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.77 mi1.23 km | |
Results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | n/a | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | n/a | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | n/a | 64.8% |
| Entered for EBacc | n/a | 40.5% |
| EBacc average points | n/a | 4.09 |
Ofsted
Brook Mead Academy was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 19 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 19 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (59 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 59
- 10% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (22%) with SEND