Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy

About Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy

Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy in Leicester was rated Good overall in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023, but the detail tells a more nuanced story. The school earned Outstanding grades for both early years provision and behaviour and attitudes, while quality of education, personal development, and leadership and management were all judged Good. On the key academic metric of Key Stage 2 reading, writing and maths combined at the expected standard, 78% of pupils hit that benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. That puts the school well above the Leicester local authority average of 62% and places it 8th out of 68 primary schools in the area, comfortably inside the top 25% nationally. For context, only five primaries in Leicester received an Outstanding overall rating, and the nearest one to Rowlatts Mead is Humberstone Junior School, 1.3 kilometres away.

Digging into the KS2 results further, the school's strengths in reading and maths are clear. 85% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, with 46% achieving the higher standard, and the average reading score was 108. In maths, 83% met the expected standard, 33% reached the higher standard, and the average score was 107. Writing was similarly strong at 83% expected, though the proportion reaching the higher standard dropped to 17%. The combined expected standard figure of 78% is a solid result, though it's worth noting that the school's ranking score of 78 places it behind local peers like Whitehall Primary (91), St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy (88) and Queensmead Primary Academy (87). The school has no published progress scores for reading, writing or maths, so it's not possible to assess how much value it adds relative to pupils' starting points.

Rowlatts Mead is a larger-than-average primary with 418 pupils against a capacity of 315, and it is oversubscribed: for 60 places in 2025/26, there were 85 total applications, with 60 first-preference offers and an oversubscription ratio of 1.42. A significant 28.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average. The school offers a nursery provision for children from age three, and its facilities include a forest school, sensory room, art studios, music rooms and a chapel. SEND provision covers a broad range of needs including autistic spectrum disorder, speech, language and communication needs, and social, emotional and mental health support. With clubs like gardening, coding and chess, plus sports including swimming, gymnastics and football, this is a school that suits families looking for strong core academic results in a diverse, well-supported environment, particularly those who value the early years and behaviour focus that Ofsted highlighted.

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