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, LS14 6HA

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
37.6%
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 %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and 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 Award61
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award17
Speech & DramaTechnical Award17
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)16
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE54
BiologyGCSE15
ChemistryGCSE15
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE66
Year 2022-2023

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
75.0%
84.9%
86.5%
Further education
54.0%
33.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
36.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
17.0%
14.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
4.0%
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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