Orchard Mead Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D45
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leicester, LE5 1RT
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Avanti Fields School
21 Bhaktivedanta Marg, Leicester, LE5 0BX
Local ranking6th of 21 secondary schools in Leicester
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
All-through
Phase
1372
Capacity
3-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 25 April 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 54.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 59.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 76.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 184
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1178
- Boys
- 636 (51%)
- Girls
- 600 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1372 (90% full)
- SEND
- 8.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 10.3%
- EAL
- 51.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 7.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,508/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Religious Character
- Hindu
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Indian: 92.1%
- Asian Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- White British: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- White Other: 0.8%
- Other: 0.4%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.3%
92.1%
Asian Indian
2.3%
Asian Other
1.4%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
21 Bhaktivedanta Marg
Leicester, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 143679
- UKPRN
- 10067899
- Establishment No.
- 4001
- Trust
- AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST
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