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Leeds West Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,432Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 135935URN

Intake Lane, Rodley, Leeds, LS13 1DQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMay 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.7 below Leeds median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Leeds

640 applications for 274 places · 32nd of 42 in Leeds
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.9of 90
37th of 44 in Leeds

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMay 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024

Inspection history

  1. 16 October 2024
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 14 May 2019
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.7 below Leeds median (3.0) close to England median (2.2)

640 applications · 274 places offered · 230 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Leeds median median 3.0
  2. 2025 2.3; Leeds median median 3.1
  3. 2024 2.3; Leeds median median 3.1
  4. 2023 2.4; Leeds median median 2.9
  5. 2022 2.6; Leeds median median 2.9
  6. 2021 2.1; Leeds median median 2.8
  7. 2020 2.1; Leeds median median 2.9
  8. 2019 1.9; Leeds median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.2; Leeds median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.4; Leeds median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.0; Leeds median median 2.6
  12. 2015 1.9; Leeds median median 2.2
  13. 2014 1.9; Leeds median median 2.5
More applications per place than the Leeds median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Leeds median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262746402.32300.84
Sep 20252746322.32340.85
Sep 20242956912.32660.90
Sep 20232997302.42690.90
Sep 20222997642.62940.98
Sep 20213006252.12820.94
Sep 20203006262.12960.99
Sep 20192604891.92450.94
Sep 20182495462.22470.99
Sep 20172405842.42941.23
Sep 20162404732.02681.12
Sep 20152404541.92581.08
Sep 20142113981.92000.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

271 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.937th of 44 in Leeds
Grade 5 or above in English and maths40%31st of 44 in Leeds
Grade 4 or above in English and maths57%
  • This school
  • Leeds median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.30
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)27139.940%57%–
2024/2528241.738%61%–
2023/2424738.632%49%−0.30
2022/2325739.035%53%−0.25

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
135935 · 383/6906
Trust
White Rose Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,500 pupils · 1,432 on roll
Free school meals
42.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2009
Replaced
Intake High School Arts College (URN 108070)
Address
Intake Lane, Rodley, Leeds, LS13 1DQ
Local authority
Leeds

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources