English Martyrs' Catholic School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leicester, LE4 0FJ
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Brook Mead Academy
2 Garland Crescent, Leicester, LE3 9BN
Local ranking16th 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 19 March 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 189
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 852
- Boys
- 613 (56%)
- Girls
- 491 (44%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (92% full)
- SEND
- 11.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.8%
- EAL
- 43.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 8.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,527/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
- 6.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Indian: 24.3%
- White British: 19.6%
- Black African: 16.7%
- White Other: 9.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 6.0%
- Asian Other: 5.5%
- Other: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.2%
24.3%
Asian Indian
19.6%
White British
16.7%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
2 Garland Crescent
Leicester, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 148546
- UKPRN
- 10088740
- Establishment No.
- 4012
- Trust
- THE MEAD EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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