Rushey Mead Academy
Academy converter secondary school in Leicester (Leicester).
Location
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We believe that all children are capable of remarkable things, and we serve our community to ensure that we support our children to achieve the very best they can. We are fiercely ambitious for each one of our students. Being firmly rooted in our community, we benefit from the trust of our families.
Our families support the academy to provide their children with the best possible education knowing that their children will be supported, challenged and cherished. We believe in an academic curriculum for all students, underpinned by our values: Be Kind, Work Hard, Develop your Whole Self.
We call these values our Rushey 1-2-3 expectations; they provide a framework for personal conduct and development for our entire school community. From the moment a student arrives at Rushey Mead Academy we ask them to live these expectations, so that they permeate all we do: 1 Be kind – We aim to develop respectful, accepting students who are kind to everyone.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
6 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Captains Trophy
- Reading Trophy
- Sports Trophy
- Organising a charity event
- Donating clothing
- Volunteering
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Teaching School HubRecognised award
- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 141916
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2015
Governing body (10 current, 0 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Sally Cox | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Pitts | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Jay Acharya | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Tolulope Odunsi | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Rajwinder Kaur | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Kalvinder Kaur Kumar | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Rachel Fletcher | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Miss Vicky Barwell | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 |
| Mrs Sue Dunford | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2020 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Anthony Glover Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2020 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record