Rushey Mead Primary School

About Rushey Mead Primary School

Rushey Mead Primary School is a popular choice among local families, with 47 out of 50 places going to first-preference applicants in the 2025/26 admissions round. The school was oversubscribed, receiving 80 total applications for its 50 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.6. While there is no parent view survey data available in the latest Ofsted report to gauge satisfaction directly, the high demand suggests strong community confidence. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in 2024, confirmed it remains Good, a rating it has held since at least its previous graded inspection in 2018. Leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness were all rated Good in that 2018 graded inspection. Headteacher Nitash Odedra leads a school that serves 547 pupils, with 11 per cent eligible for free school meals, slightly below the national average.

Academically, Rushey Mead’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show 52 per cent of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. This is ten percentage points below the Leicester local authority average of 62 per cent, and places the school 50th out of 68 primary schools in the city. In individual subjects, 64 per cent met expectations in reading and writing, and 68 per cent in maths. The proportion reaching a higher standard in all three subjects was just 4 per cent, with 19 per cent achieving higher scores in both reading and maths. Average scaled scores were 104 in reading and 103 in maths. The school does not publish progress scores for any subject, so it is not possible to compare how much value it adds relative to pupils’ starting points. Nationally, the school ranks in the bottom quarter of all primary schools on the combined expected standard metric.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including an ICT suite, sports hall, playing fields, and a chapel, alongside an outdoor playground. Sports provision is strong, with athletics, swimming, cricket, netball, rounders, cross country and tennis all on offer. Clubs include choir, science club and gardening. For families with children who have additional needs, the school provides a dedicated SEN unit and support for ten different categories of need, including autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language difficulties, and physical disabilities. Nursery provision is available for children from age three. The school is oversubscribed, so families applying from outside the immediate catchment should be realistic about their chances. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary school is Abbey Mead Primary Academy, 0.9 km away, which may be an alternative for those prioritising the highest Ofsted grade.

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