Fosse Mead Primary Academy
Balfour Street, Leicester, LE3 5EA
433 pupils · 101% of 430 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- THE MEAD EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Free school meals
- 43.2%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — 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 2 July 2024, published 8 September 2024. 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 | 58% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 7% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.93 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 57 | 53 | 90 | 56 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 45 | 40 | 76 | 44 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 50 | 42 | 80 | 45 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 56 | 44 | 81 | 49 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 37 | 37 | 61 | 37 |
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
- Slater Primary School 0.5 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Inglehurst Junior School 0.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Inglehurst Infant School 0.7 km · Inadequate (2022) · previous system
- Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Stokes Wood Primary School 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- King Richard III Infant and Nursery School 1.2 km · Requires improvement (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.