Netherhall Mead Academy
Special / other · Leicester · LE5 1RT
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 22 June 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
138 pupils · 104% of 133 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 50.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- URN
- 151482
In figures
An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 22 June 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Severe Learning Difficulty
- Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Indian 35% (Leicester 18%, England 2%) · White British 16% (Leicester 39%, England 66%) · Black African 14% (Leicester 9%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 8% (Leicester 4%, England 4%) · Any other White background 8% (Leicester 6%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Leicester 5%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Leicester 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Leicester 4%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Leicester 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Leicester 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Leicester 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Leicester 0%, England 0%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Leicester 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Leicester 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Leicester 0%, England 0%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, special schools and PRUs: 0.68% vacant, 1.02% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £58,278; 18.2% on the leadership pay range · England, special schools and PRUs: £53,604, 18.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 5/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 43.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 14.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 36.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 15% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 59.8% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 74.6% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 15.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 9.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 52.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 4.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 49.8% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 11% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034017 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £278,000195 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £235,000–£331,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 5an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 9an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 3an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted