Castle Mead Academy
About the school
Castle Mead Academy is an open secondary school in Leicester.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 24 October 2023
- Published
- 16 November 2023
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Outstanding
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 48
- Leicester
- 45.5
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Leicester
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 55.30%
- Leicester
- 43.20%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 70.30%
- Leicester
- 62.80%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 78.00%
- Leicester
- 40.20%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.56
- Leicester
- 4.02
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1240
Girls
47.74%
Boys
52.26%
SEN support
16.21%
Education, health and care plan
2.66%
English as an additional language
44.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
45.16%
Overall absence
9.29
Persistent absence
22.96