Abbey Mead Primary Academy

Abbey Mead Primary Academy is performing exceptionally well, achieving an overall effectiveness rating of outstanding during its first inspection under the new framework. The school provides an outstanding quality of education, with pupils demonstrating exemplary behaviour and developing strong personal skills. The curriculum is notably ambitious and well-structured, effectively addressing the needs of all learners, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Early years provision is also highly effective, ensuring that children develop a passion for learning right from the start.

Strengths

• Exceptional quality of education across all year groups
• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes from pupils
• Strong personal development programs that prepare pupils for their future
• Highly ambitious and well-structured curriculum that benefits all learners
• Effective early years provision that promotes a love of learning

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Abbey Mead Primary Academy attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Abbey Mead Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Abbey Mead Primary Academy had 24.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.8% of pupils at Abbey Mead Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Abbey Mead Primary Academy received £6,519 and spent £6,082 for each of its 682 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £645,000 (£946 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of The Mead Educational Trust, income was £8,481 and spending £7,789 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Leicester · Leicester local authority: places and applications

Abbey Mead Primary Academy is part of The Mead Educational Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:

• Rushey Mead Academy Leicester
• North Mead Primary Academy Leicester
• Fosse Mead Primary Academy Leicester
• Castle Mead Academy Leicester
• Brook Mead Academy Leicester
• Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy Leicester
• Kestrel Mead Primary Academy Leicester
• Oaklands Mead Academy Leicester
• Thurnby Mead Primary Academy Leicester
• Knighton Mead Primary Academy Leicester

What is Abbey Mead Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Abbey Mead Primary Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Abbey Mead Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Abbey Mead Primary Academy was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Abbey Mead Primary Academy have?

Abbey Mead Primary Academy has 718 pupils on roll.

What age range does Abbey Mead Primary Academy cover?

Abbey Mead Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Abbey Mead Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Abbey Mead Primary Academy?

Abbey Mead Primary Academy is at 109 Ross Walk, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 5HH.