Brook Mead Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B81
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leicester, LE3 9BN
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Castle Mead Academy
Richard III Road, Leicester, LE3 5QT
Local ranking8th of 20 secondary schools in Leicester
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 55.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 78.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 246
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1240
- Boys
- 648 (52%)
- Girls
- 592 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (103% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- 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
Ethnicity Over Time
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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