Rushey Mead

Rushey Mead is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 15,962. It comprises the northern Leicester suburb of Rushey Mead in its entirety, as well as historical parts of Northfields and Thurmaston.GeographyRushey Mead is bounded by the wards of Humberstone & Hamilton to the south-east, Charnwood to the sout0pp, Belgrave to the south-west and Abbey to the west. North of Rushey Mead are the Leicestershire villages of Birstall and Thurmaston in the borough of Charnwood.HistoryRushey Mead was originally a part of the Thurmaston civil parish during the 19th century. The modern day suburb was split from Thurmaston and gazetted as a "Thurmaston Urban District" in 1894, before being annexed to the City of Leicester in 1935, when it was renamed Rushey Mead.DemographicsLike neighbouring suburb Belgrave, Rushey Mead is home to a large Asian immigrant population, and had a 63% Indian ethnic majority during the 2001 census.EducationThe suburb contains four primary schools, Wyvern Primary School, Herrick primary school, Sandfield Primary School and Rushey Mead Primary School, and two comprehensives - Rushey Mead Academy (secondary) and Soar Valley College.