Millfield L.E.A.D. Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Leicestershire·LE3 2WF
Composite score
83.4
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#563
National rank
#30
In East Midlands
#4
In Leicestershire
Top 4%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
28%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
85%
66 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
1.12
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
111
any preference, for 59 places
Applications from another council area
9%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220221.0220231.0320241.0020251.122026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Leicestershire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Millfield L.E.A.D. Academy. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
419
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
27.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,105
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Millfield L.E.A.D. Academy at a glance

Located in Leicestershire, Millfield L.E.A.D. Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 419 pupils aged 5 to 11. 78% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 4% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 28% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Millfield L.E.A.D. Academy is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 66 first choices for 59 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 22.4 pupils per teacher. Millfield L.E.A.D. Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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