Brook Mead Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B72
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leicester, LE3 9BN
- Distance
- 1.6km away
The Herewoode Academy
Glenfield Road, Leicester, LE3 6DN
Local ranking21st of 21 secondary schools in Leicester
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1000
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2023 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 28 June 2023.
School history and status
Continues from New College Leicester (URN 131945) since 1 April 2025. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 31.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 199
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 71.0%
- Higher education
- 0.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 18.0%
- Employment
- 24.0%
- Not sustained
- 24.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- 16-18 Cohort
- 1
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1025
- Boys
- 516 (53%)
- Girls
- 463 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1000 (98% full)
- SEND
- 18.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 51.8%
- EAL
- 26.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 16.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £2,706/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
- 12.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 36.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 56.2%
- White Other: 9.5%
- Black African: 9.2%
- Asian Indian: 5.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.7%
- Asian Other: 3.0%
- Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.8%
56.2%
White British
9.5%
White Other
9.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Glenfield Road
Leicester, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 151607
- UKPRN
- 10097391
- Establishment No.
- 4005
- Trust
- NOVA EDUCATION TRUST
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