Castle Mead Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.972 miles
Published by Leicester City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Castle Mead Academy is a secondary school in Leicester for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 24 October 2023. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Castle Mead Academy 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.972 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.972 miles from the school, the 3rd shortest of 7 Leicester secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- For Year 7, the 2026 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- In Year 7 2026 there were 278 first-choice applications for 250 offers; 225 offers went to first-choice families and 53 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%) and the Attainment 8 score was 48 (England 46).
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
- Richard III Road, Leicester, LE3 5QT
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,223 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 24 October 2023
Strengths
- “Castle Mead Academy is an exceptional school.”
- “There is a ‘can-do’ culture where staff ensure that pupils take a full and active part in school life.”
- “Pupils proudly attend this aspirational and visionary school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 278 first-preference applications, 250 offers in total, 225 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leicester.
- Brook Mead Academy 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Moat Community College 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fullhurst Community College 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beaumont Leys School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Herewoode Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Babington Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Madani Boys School 2.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published