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State secondary schools in Leeds

45 schools · Yorkshire and the Humber · 2024/25 Department for Education figures

Leeds has 45 state secondaries, 22 of them with sixth forms. 83.2% of families got their first choice last year, about the national picture. Results run from 14.3% to 73.1% passing English and maths, a spread of 59 points, with a middle school at 46.4%, almost exactly England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 9 rated Outstanding, 23 Good, 3 Requires improvement. 10 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

45 schools in Leeds. Tap one, or see the full list.
14% 73% passed English & maths no figure

Leeds against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

47%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

1.1% above England

England 45%

45.5

Attainment 8 average score

in line with England

England 46.1

20%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

1.5% below England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across Leeds

83.2%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

93.6%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

0%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

19%

Appeals upheld102 of 533 heard

These are figures for Leeds as a whole. A popular school can be much harder to get into than the average suggests, and the criteria that decide it are set by each school's own admission authority rather than centrally. How applying works

How much the choice matters here

Across Leeds's 43 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 14% to 73%. That is a spread of 59 percentage points, about typical.

The typical council spans about 48 points. Where schools are close together the school a child gets matters less; where they are far apart it matters a great deal. The widest spreads are all selective areas, where grammar schools sit at one end and everything else at the other.

Leeds schools, subject by subject

The share reaching grade 4 or above, among schools entering at least 20 pupils. Which pupils take a subject differs a lot between schools, so read this as what happened rather than as a ranking of teaching.

mathsenglish literatureenglish languagehistorygeographycombined scienceartspanishphysicschemistrybiologyreligious studiescomputer sciencefrenchbusiness studiesphysical educationphotographydesign technology
  1. 1 Woodkirk Academy Wakefield · 60 entries 97%
  2. 2 Oulton Academy Leeds · 43 entries 91%
  3. 3 Lawnswood School Leeds · 24 entries 88%
  4. 4 Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Leeds · 71 entries 86%
  5. 5 Boston Spa Academy Wetherby · 68 entries 84%
  6. 6 Temple Moor High School Leeds · 37 entries 84%
  7. 7 Allerton High School Leeds · 84 entries 83%
  8. 8 Leeds West Academy Leeds · 29 entries 83%
  9. 9 Roundhay School Leeds · 110 entries 83%
  10. 10 The Ruth Gorse Academy Leeds · 22 entries 82%
  11. 11 Cockburn School Leeds · 40 entries 80%
  12. 12 Benton Park School Leeds · 38 entries 79%
  13. 13 Leeds City Academy Leeds · 32 entries 78%
  14. 14 The Morley Academy Leeds · 106 entries 77%
  15. 15 Leeds East Academy Leeds · 30 entries 77%
  16. 16 Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College Otley · 96 entries 76%
  17. 17 Guiseley School Leeds · 49 entries 76%
  18. 18 Cockburn John Charles Academy Leeds · 53 entries 75%
  19. 19 Brigshaw High School Castleford · 20 entries 75%
  20. 20 Temple Learning Academy Leeds · 24 entries 75%
  21. 21 Carr Manor Community School Leeds · 70 entries 74%
  22. 22 Garforth Academy Leeds · 123 entries 71%
  23. 23 The Farnley Academy Leeds · 114 entries 70%
  24. 24 Bishop Young Church of England Academy Leeds · 33 entries 67%
  25. 25 Horsforth School Leeds · 157 entries 64%
  26. 26 Pudsey Grammar School Pudsey · 44 entries 64%
  27. 27 Co-op Academy Priesthorpe Pudsey · 22 entries 64%
  28. 28 Allerton Grange School Leeds · 95 entries 56%
  29. 29 Abbey Grange Church of England Academy Leeds · 93 entries 55%
  30. 30 St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy Ilkley · 20 entries 50%
  31. 31 Bruntcliffe Academy Leeds · 94 entries 49%
  32. 32 Ralph Thoresby School Leeds · 33 entries 42%
  33. 33 Co-op Academy Leeds Leeds · 62 entries 40%
  34. 34 Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Leeds · 89 entries 35%
  35. 35 Dixons Unity Academy Leeds · 154 entries 32%
  36. 36 John Smeaton Academy Leeds · 38 entries 21%
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Every school in Leeds

Schools in neighbouring authorities are not in this list, because admissions run per authority. See bordering areas.

10 of 44 have no spare places. Sort the list, or narrow it first.

Pick up to 4 schools to see them side by side in the comparison tool, subject by subject.

Sixth form · Key stage 5·2024/25

A levels in Leeds

19 of Leeds's 22 sixth forms publish A level results. Ranked on the share reaching AAB or better in at least two of the subjects universities name, which is the measure the steepest entry requirements are written in.

Sixth form Grade AAB+

A level results only. A sixth form running mostly BTECs and other applied courses will show a dash here and can still be the right one — those are graded on their own scale, where a distinction and an A grade carry the same points and mean different things.

Bordering Leeds

Near a boundary, schools on both sides are usually in reach. Whether a child can apply is set by each school's admission criteria, not by the border.

Bradford 35 schools · 38% passed English & mathsKirklees 25 schools · 47% passed English & mathsNorth Yorkshire 41 schools · 47% passed English & mathsWakefield 18 schools · 46% passed English & maths

What these mean

Attainment 8
The average pupil's total score across eight GCSE-equivalent subjects, with English and maths counting double. It is scored out of 90. A score of 50 is roughly equivalent to achieving a grade 5 across eight subjects.
Grades 4 and 5
GCSEs are graded from 9 down to 1. Grade 4 is a standard pass and broadly corresponds to the old grade C; grade 5 is what the government calls a strong pass. Grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an old grade A.
Persistent absence
The share of pupils who miss at least 10% of their possible sessions during the school year. This includes both authorised and unauthorised absence, so illness and other authorised reasons are included. Persistent absence has remained substantially higher than its pre-pandemic level.
First preference
The share of families who were offered the school they ranked first on their application, on national offer day in March. This figure is calculated across the relevant schools or admissions authority, so a high overall figure does not necessarily mean that every individual school is easy to get into.
Spare places
The amount of available capacity a school has compared with the number of pupils on roll. This is different from oversubscription: spare places measure whether a school has capacity, whereas oversubscription describes demand for places exceeding the number available. A school with no spare places may be popular, but a small school can also be full without receiving a large number of applications.
Average A-level grade
The average grade achieved across students' A-level entries. This is different from measures such as the proportion achieving AAB or better in two or more facilitating subjects, which are sometimes used to indicate higher attainment and university-entry performance.
Covers state-funded schools in England; independent schools are not included, and neither the list nor the subject figures above take account of them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Key stage 4 performance and school characteristics: Department for Education, 2024/25. Inspection outcomes: Ofsted.