Rushey Mead Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leicester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rushey Mead Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 April 2024. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Rushey Mead Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 59 of the 72 other Leicester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 39 first-choice applications for 40 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 10.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 17.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leicester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Gipsy Lane, Leicester, LE4 6RB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 532 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Rushey Mead enjoy being part of this inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “The school is ambitious for everyone to achieve.”
- “Pupils benefit from the school having many staff who speak several languages.”
To improve
- “However, not all teachers consistently check how secure all pupils are in their understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 46% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 39 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 39 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leicester.
- Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Mellor Community Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Wyvern Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Abbey Mead Primary Academy 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Herrick Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Mead Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Catherine Infant School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Catherine Junior School 0.7 mi Good