Brook Mead Academy, Leicester

In its own words: "Clear values for a school are essential and should be lived and breathed daily by staff and taught explicitly to scholars. As adults, we need to be clear what sort of values we want to instil in our young people with home and school working together to guide children."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Since then, we have been judged to be OUTSTANDING in all categories by Ofsted in our first inspection in March 2024."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include dance, drama, orchestra and Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2026, pupils at Brook Mead Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.1 in Leicester and 47 across England.

47% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Leicester and 47% in England.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 40.1, against 50.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, French and Combined Science.

For September 2026 entry, 301 families put Brook Mead Academy as their first choice and 673 named it as one of their preferences, for 245 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 73 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Brook Mead Academy are English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 55.4); Castle Mead Academy (0.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 46.3); Beaumont Leys School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.3); and The Herewoode Academy (1 mile, Attainment 8 38).

Brook Mead Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Brook Mead Academy is one of 16 schools run by The Mead Educational Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47 in 2024/25.

42.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (33%), White British (20%) and Black (20%).

In 2026, 121 pupils (11%) received SEN support and 21 (1.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Brook Mead Academy had 65 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Leicester Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Garland Crescent (opposite), 100 metres away.

In 2024/25, Brook Mead Academy issued 250 suspensions, 29.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Brook Mead Academy are Inglehurst Junior School (0.3 miles), Fosse Mead Primary Academy (0.3 miles), Inglehurst Infant School (0.3 miles) and Stokes Wood Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.