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Brook Mead Academy

URN
148546
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Brook Mead Academy
URN
148546
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Exceptional

100 / 100

Exceptional

Academic Outcomes

—

Inspection

100

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 1% of secondary schools in England

Top 1% nationally

#1 of 19 schools in Leicester

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Strongly Recommended

This school combines strong academic outcomes with a positive inspection profile.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Reach choice
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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  • Recommended application mix
  • Alternative schools
  • Admissions warnings

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

School Compass Parent Report

Your decision briefing for Brook Mead Academy

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

What Admissions Advantage can and cannot tell you

Can tell you

  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
  • Application portfolio balance across your shortlist
  • Accessible alternative schools in your area

Cannot tell you

  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Brook Mead Academy

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
7 May 2024
Inspection date
19 March 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Outstanding

    Graded 7 May 2024

  • Quality of education

    Outstanding

    Graded 7 May 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

250

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

524

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

250

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.1×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Leicester
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Leicester)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
https://www.brook-tmet.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Leicester to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

Not published

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

Not published

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

Not published

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

Not published

EBacc achievement

Location

LE3 9BN - 2 Garland Crescent, Leicester

Contact details

Address
2 Garland Crescent, Leicester
Postcode
LE3 9BN
Phone
1164827195
Website
https://www.brook-tmet.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Leicester
Local authority code
856

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 276 schools in Leicester.

Authority statistics

Total schools

276

Open schools

142

Closed schools

134

Primary schools

149

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Outstanding

    Graded 7 May 2024

  • Personal development

    Outstanding

    Graded 7 May 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Outstanding

    Graded 7 May 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    7 May 202419 March 2024S5 InspectionOutstandingView report for inspection published 7 May 2024
    • Outstanding

      Published
      7 May 2024
      Inspected
      19 March 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    47.7%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 183

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    40

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary149 (54.2%)
    • Secondary40 (14.5%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other86 (31.3%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Inglehurst Junior School404 mPrimaryOpen
    Fosse Mead Primary Academy454 mPrimaryOpen
    Fosse Primary School463 mPrimaryClosed
    Inglehurst Infant School470 mPrimaryClosed
    Inglehurst Infant School470 mPrimaryOpen
    Alderman Richard Hallam Junior School520 mPrimaryClosed
    Alderman Richard Hallam Infant School520 mPrimaryClosed
    Parkfield Nursery School647 mNurseryClosed
    Stokes Wood Primary School722 mPrimaryOpen
    Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School756 mPrimaryOpen
    • Inglehurst Junior School
      Distance
      404 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Fosse Mead Primary Academy
      Distance
      454 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Fosse Primary School
      Distance
      463 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Inglehurst Infant School
      Distance
      470 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Leicester)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Alderman Newton's SchoolSecondaryLE3 6DNClosed
    Babington AcademySecondaryLE4 0SZOpen
    Babington Community CollegeSecondaryLE4 0SZClosed
    Beaumont Leys SchoolSecondaryLE4 0FLOpen
    Castle Mead AcademySecondaryLE3 5QTOpen
    • Alderman Newton's School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      LE3 6DN
      Status
      Closed
    • Babington Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      LE4 0SZ
      Status
      Open
    • Babington Community College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      LE4 0SZ
      Status
      Closed
    • Beaumont Leys School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      LE4 0FL
      Status
      Open
    • Castle Mead Academy
    Inglehurst Infant School
    Distance
    470 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Alderman Richard Hallam Junior School
    Distance
    520 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Alderman Richard Hallam Infant School
    Distance
    520 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Parkfield Nursery School
    Distance
    647 m
    Phase
    Nursery
    Status
    Closed
  • Stokes Wood Primary School
    Distance
    722 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School
    Distance
    756 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    LE3 5QT
    Status
    Open