Indie Education

Special · ages 14-19MixedIndependentLeicester

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Indie Education is an independent special school in Leicester for boys and girls aged 14 to 19.

Creative Mill, 64 Mansfield Street, Leicester, LE1 3DL0116 509 5170Sara Marsh headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2026: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Leicester council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll–

Places40

Pupils from low-income families–Get free school meals

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m5,21712 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences

Local crime rate747 per 1,000 people721% higher than the England average

Typical house price£240,000Leicester

Nearest bus stop20 mSavoy Street, 93 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

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School	Type	Distance	Pupils	Ofsted	Score
Slater Primary School	Council	780 m	189	Report card 2026	9	Compare
Taylor Road Primary School	Academy	820 m	612	No overall grade 2025	–	Compare
De Montfort University	Higher education institutions	900 m	–	Not inspected	–	Compare
Darul Madinah Leicester Ltd	Independent	910 m	4	Not inspected	–	Compare
Castle Mead Academy	Free school	920 m	1,223	Outstanding 2023	64	Compare
Beauchamp City Sixth Form	Free schools 16 to 19	950 m	1,041	Not inspected	–	Compare
Moat Community College	Council	0.7 miles	1,091	Good 2023	42	Compare
Charnwood Primary School	Academy	0.7 miles	400	No overall grade 2025	20	Compare

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Questions parents ask

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How many pupils does Indie Education have?

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Contact and details

Address: Creative Mill, 64 Mansfield Street, Leicester, LE1 3DL
Telephone: 0116 509 5170
Headteacher: Sara Marsh
Type of school: Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
Phase: Special school, ages 14-19
Gender: Mixed
Local authority: Leicester
Ward: Castle
Constituency: Leicester South
Setting: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened: 22 January 2026 (new provision)
URN: 152150 · LAESTAB 8566042

Official record Government performance tables Download this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from

School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
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