Orchard Mead Academy
Keyham Lane West, Leicester, LE5 1RT
Local ranking18th of 20 secondary schools in Leicester
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 38.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 49.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 7.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 224
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1045
- Boys
- 528 (51%)
- Girls
- 517 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (87% full)
- SEND
- 17.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 39.6%
- EAL
- 44.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 14.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,943/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 34.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 40.6%
- Asian Indian: 18.2%
- White Other: 6.5%
- Other: 6.5%
- Asian Other: 4.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.6%
- Black Caribbean: 3.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.5%
40.6%
White British
18.2%
Asian Indian
6.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 144629
- UKPRN
- 10064779
- Establishment No.
- 4006
- Trust
- THE MEAD EDUCATIONAL TRUST