SCHOOL PROFILE

Castle Mead Academy: data, trends and context

Castle Mead Academy is a secondary school in Leicester. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
147068
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Leicester
Region
East Midlands
Trust
THE MEAD EDUCATIONAL TRUST
Postcode
LE3 5QT
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,223
FSM eligible
47.8%
EAL / First language other than English
51.4%
SEND (total)
18.8%
SEN Support
15.7%
EHCP
3.1%
White British
22.8%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.7%
Overall absence
9.3%
Persistent absence
23.0%
Severe absence
6.0%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
LeicesterLocal authority92.1%7.9%3.6%
East MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.2%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 10 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
44.2%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
14.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
48.0
English & maths grade 5+
55.3%
English & maths grade 4+
70.3%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Castle Mead Academy is a secondary school in Leicester. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.