Graded inspection · Feb 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Leeds
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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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 entry892 applications · 295 places offered · 285 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Leeds median median 3.0
- 2025 3.4; Leeds median median 3.1
- 2024 3.8; Leeds median median 3.1
- 2023 3.8; Leeds median median 2.9
- 2022 3.2; Leeds median median 2.9
- 2021 3.6; Leeds median median 2.8
- 2020 3.5; Leeds median median 2.9
- 2019 3.0; Leeds median median 2.6
- 2018 3.1; Leeds median median 2.7
- 2017 2.5; Leeds median median 2.6
- 2016 2.8; Leeds median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2015 2.2; Leeds median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2014 2.1; Leeds median median 2.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Leeds median
Dashed bars: as Cockburn School (URN 108065), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 295 | 892 | 3.0 | 285 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 269 | 918 | 3.4 | 296 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 | 239 | 915 | 3.8 | 324 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2023 | 240 | 913 | 3.8 | 299 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2022 | 265 | 844 | 3.2 | 283 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 238 | 858 | 3.6 | 336 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2020 | 238 | 827 | 3.5 | 359 | 1.51 |
| Sep 2019 | 234 | 705 | 3.0 | 335 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2018 | 240 | 753 | 3.1 | 352 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2017 | 270 | 676 | 2.5 | 389 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2016 * | 240 | 668 | 2.8 | 380 | 1.58 |
| Sep 2015 * | 271 | 602 | 2.2 | 359 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2014 * | 268 | 558 | 2.1 | 320 | 1.19 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 233 | 51.2 | 56% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 274 | 49.1 | 45% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 228 | 48.4 | 54% | 68% | +0.72 |
| 2022/23 | 221 | 48.1 | 49% | 68% | +0.61 |
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
- Cockburn SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20223.0applications per place 51.2Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Leeds20262.6applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · LeedsGood20243.2applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · LeedsGood202349.7Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · LeedsGraded · no overall grade20243.2applications per place 55.1Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · LeedsRemains Outstanding20234.6applications per place 51.4Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · LeedsRemains Good20232.6applications per place 52.3Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · LeedsGraded · no overall grade20253.8applications per place 54.6Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · LeedsGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142585 · 383/4047
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,111 pupils · 1,248 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2016
- Replaced
- Cockburn School (URN 108065)
- Address
- Parkside, Gipsy Lane, Leeds, LS11 5TT
- Local authority
- Leeds
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources