Brook Mead Academy
2 Garland Crescent, Leicester, LE3 9BN
1,104 pupils · 92% of 1,200 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- THE MEAD EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Free school meals
- 29.3%
Ofsted
Outstanding (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 19 March 2024, published 7 May 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.23 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 245 | 301 | 673 | 245 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 250 | 188 | 524 | 250 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 238 | 102 | 376 | 163 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 170 | 65 | 339 | 114 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 185 | 60 | 209 | 85 |
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
- English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy 0.8 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Castle Mead Academy 1.1 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Beaumont Leys School 1.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- The Herewoode Academy 1.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Babington Academy 1.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Fullhurst Community College 2.4 km · Good (2023) · 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.