Rushey Mead Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Leicester
Unique reference
141916
Address
Melton Road, LE4 7AN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1744 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
51.3%
Girls
48.7%
First language not English
88.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.4%
Persistent absence
12.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 74.5%
Other Asian 9.2%
Mixed 4.3%
Other White 2.5%
White British 2.4%
African 2.4%
Pakistani 1.9%
Other 1.3%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 86%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 55.7
Local authority average 45.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.44
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award48
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award26
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)27
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE82
Business Studies:SingleGCSE87
ChemistryGCSE83
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE82
Design & TechnologyGCSE42
English LanguageGCSE382
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Rushey Mead Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
354
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
415
2nd preference
252
3rd preference
132
From another Local Authority
76
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
323
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
21
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
380
202
178
Year 8
350
192
158
Year 9
354
175
179
Year 10
326
149
177
Year 11
334
176
158
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
88.3%
86.5%
Further education
36.0%
27.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
22.0%
20.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
34.0%
40.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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