Spark Vale Academy
Spark Vale Academy is an independent special school in Leicester for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 4 pupils and room for 45.
Crt House, 176 Melton Road, 176 Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 5EE0116 296 6569sparkvaleacademy.co.ukHeadteacher Katie James headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: 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.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 4 | 0 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% |
The area around the school
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.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mellor Community Primary School | Council | 180 m | 578 | Good 2023 | 48 | Compare |
| Darul Uloom Leicester | Independent | 310 m | 142 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy | Academy | 340 m | 221 | Good 2023 | 27 | Compare |
| Rushey Mead Primary School | Council | 410 m | 532 | Good 2024 | 52 | Compare |
| Abbey Mead Primary Academy | Academy | 620 m | 718 | Outstanding 2024 | 96 | Compare |
| Rushey Mead Academy | Academy | 820 m | 1,804 | Report card 2026 | 91 | Compare |
| Soar Valley College | Academy | 890 m | 1,564 | No overall grade 2025 | 90 | Compare |
| Wyvern Primary School | Council | 890 m | 454 | Report card 2026 | 27 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Spark Vale Academy a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Spark Vale Academy yet.
How many pupils does Spark Vale Academy have?
4 pupils aged 11 to 18 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 45 places, so it is 9% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Crt House, 176 Melton Road, 176 Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 5EE
- Telephone
- 0116 296 6569
- Website
- www.sparkvaleacademy.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Katie James
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Ward
- Belgrave
- Constituency
- Leicester East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 4 October 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 151121 · LAESTAB 8566039
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.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.