Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy
Balderstone Close, Leicester, LE5 4ES
437 pupils · 139% of 315 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- THE MEAD EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Free school meals
- 29.7%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 3 October 2023, published 9 November 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 76% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 22% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.08 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 65 | 84 | 60 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 60 | 85 | 60 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 49 | 49 | 73 | 49 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 45 | 46 | 70 | 45 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 43 | 40 | 62 | 42 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 43 | 37 | 71 | 43 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 45 | 52 | 76 | 45 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 45 | 44 | 72 | 45 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Coleman Primary School 1.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Whitehall Primary School 1.1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- St Barnabas CofE Primary School 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Krishna Avanti Primary School 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Humberstone Junior School 1.3 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Humberstone Infant Academy 1.3 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.