Secondary
Castle Mead Academy
Richard III Road, Leicester, LE3 5QT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1223 of 1200 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Trust
- THE MEAD EDUCATIONAL TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 112.3
- Pupils per adult
- 10.9
- Pupils
- 1,227
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2023
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
55%
8 points above the Leicester average (47% across 31 schools)
48.0
0.7 above the Leicester average (47.3 across 31 schools)
6th of 31 by our score, among the secondary schools in Leicester we can score - 37 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.56 |
| Entered the EBacc | 78% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 50% |
| 24/25 | 55% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 47.0 |
| 24/25 | 48.0 |
Richard III Road, Leicester, LE3 5QT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Leicester admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Chloe French
- Address
- Richard III Road, Leicester, LE3 5QT
- Telephone
- 01162143150