Leeds East Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 25 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Leeds
Unique reference
136826
Address
South Parkway, Seacroft, LS14 6TY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1051 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
51.3%
Girls
48.7%
First language not English
22.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
56.4%
Persistent absence
39.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 66.7%
Gypsy/Roma 7.1%
Mixed 6.5%
African 5.2%
Other White 5.1%
Pakistani 2.2%
Other 1.5%
Other Black 1.2%
Other Asian 0.9%
Caribbean 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
Chinese 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.59
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.3
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.1
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award53
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award14
Speech & DramaTechnical Award16
Art & DesignGCSE68
BiologyGCSE7
ChemistryGCSE5
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE47
Design & TechnologyGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE221
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Leeds East Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
180
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
190
2nd preference
67
3rd preference
64
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
164
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
201
96
105
Year 8
200
90
110
Year 9
209
121
88
Year 10
218
116
102
Year 11
223
116
107
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
70.0%
83.5%
85.6%
Further education
52.0%
33.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
7.0%
35.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
11.0%
13.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
4.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
20.0%
7.9%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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