Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Leicester
Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 November 2023. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Roborough Green, Thurnby Lodge, Leicester, LE5 2NA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 436 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 November 2023
Strengths
- “Working hard, showing kindness and being responsible make up the ‘Willowbrook Way’.”
- “Pupils have a firm understanding of these values.”
- “Staff model these qualities and pupils try their best to show them.”
To improve
- “While pupils have a firm understanding of the curriculum content they are covering now, their recall of what they have been taught before is much less secure in some subjects.”
- “In history, for example, pupils are not knowledgeable about important concepts that help to make sense of the past.”
- “This is because the key knowledge that pupils need to remember is not revisited regularly and systematically in all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 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) | 73% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 35 offers in total, 35 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2025 to 2026, as Leicester published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leicester.
- Thurnby Mead Primary Academy 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Scraptoft Valley Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Krishna Avanti Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitehall Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Kestrel Mead Primary Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Humberstone Infant Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Humberstone Junior School 1.3 mi Outstanding