St Mary's Fields Academy

State-Funded School

st-marys-fields-academy-leicester-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

LeicesterLocal Authority

Leicester WestConstituency

LE3 2DHPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Mary's Fields Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Leicester, East Midlands.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 433 pupils. St Mary's Fields Academy is part of L.E.A.D. ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

39%

Asian

34%

Black

15%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

433

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

71%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 433
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: L.E.A.D. ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
14 Feb 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.