Primary school

St Mary's Fields Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Leicester
  • LE3 2DH
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Jan 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 8,579 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 57%

Top % in England, by year
2016/17: top 95%95%2017/18: top 97%2018/19: top 90%2022/23: top 83%2023/24: top 87%2024/25: top 57%No exams

Against East MidlandsArrows: East Midlands rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM62% · East Midlands 63%5/10 Middle+37.7 pts
Higher standard, RWM3% · East Midlands 6%3/10 Below+19.8 pts
Reading score104 · East Midlands 1053/10 Below+18 pts
Maths score104 · East Midlands 1044/10 Below+28.2 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2016/17: 33% · 51 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 33% · 54 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 47% · 76 pupils · East Midlands 65%2022/23: 46% · 48 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 44% · 61 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: 62% · 60 pupils · East Midlands 63%62%33%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2016/17: 4% · 51 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 6% · 54 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 1% · 76 pupils · East Midlands 9%2022/23: 2% · 48 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 2% · 61 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: 3% · 60 pupils · East Midlands 6%6%1%No exams
Reading score
2016/17: 101 · 51 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 102 · 54 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 101 · 76 pupils · East Midlands 1042022/23: 103 · 48 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 102 · 61 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 104 · 60 pupils · East Midlands 105104101No exams
Maths score
2016/17: 99 · 51 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 98 · 54 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 102 · 76 pupils · East Midlands 1052022/23: 101 · 48 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 102 · 61 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 104 · 60 pupils · East Midlands 10410498No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in95.2%
60 of 63 who put it first2014 · 68.3%2026 · 95.2%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st6360
2nd90
3rd100

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2010Goodas predecessor
  3. 2014Goodas predecessor
  4. 2019Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2023Requires improvementas predecessor

3 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision

2 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026433
Free school meals (past 6 years)22.0%
First language not English62.2%
SEN support11.9%
EHC plan0.9%
Absence (sessions missed)5.2%
Persistently absent pupils15.1%

Girls 47.9%Boys 52.1%

91.7% full · 472 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher21.3
Pupils per adult10.1
  • Classroom teachers 16
  • Leadership 4
  • Teaching assistants 22.2
  • Other support 6.2

Teachers 20 FTE · Whole workforce 48.4 · 81 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£6,784
Spend per pupil£6,575
Staff spend per pupil£5,290
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£91,000in-year balance

Grants £6,660 · self-generated £124 · premises £387 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: L.E.A.D. ACADEMY TRUST (27 academies) · trust reserve £3,965,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it