Brook Mead Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B72
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leicester, LE3 9BN
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Castle Mead Academy
Richard III Road, Leicester, LE3 5QT
Local ranking10th of 21 secondary schools in Leicester
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 24 October 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 235
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1240
- Boys
- 601 (49%)
- Girls
- 622 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (102% full)
- SEND
- 18.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.2%
- EAL
- 44.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 16.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,211/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
- 9.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 24.7%
- White Other: 16.3%
- Black African: 15.7%
- Asian Indian: 10.9%
- Asian Other: 6.2%
- Mixed Other: 4.5%
- Other: 4.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 4.3%
24.7%
White British
16.3%
White Other
15.7%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Richard III Road
Leicester, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 147068
- UKPRN
- 10083737
- Establishment No.
- 4009
- Trust
- THE MEAD EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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