Abbey Grange Church of England Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 15 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Leeds
Unique reference
137083
Address
Butcher Hill, LS16 5EA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1615 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
48.2%
Girls
51.8%
First language not English
27.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.2%
Persistent absence
10.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 43.6%
African 22.5%
Mixed 7.9%
Pakistani 6.6%
Other White 3.3%
Other Asian 3.2%
Other 2.5%
Unclassified 2.2%
Indian 2%
Other Black 2%
Caribbean 1.9%
Chinese 1.8%
Irish 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 88%
Local authority average 50%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 62%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 55.8
Local authority average 45.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.19
Local authority average 4.1
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award8
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award29
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award3
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)33
ArabicGCSE5
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
BiologyGCSE51
Business Studies:SingleGCSE93
ChemistryGCSE51
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Abbey Grange Church of England Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
237
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
278
2nd preference
295
3rd preference
216
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
209
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
241
119
122
Year 8
242
110
132
Year 9
243
125
118
Year 10
236
104
132
Year 11
240
112
128
Year 12
220
115
105
Year 13
193
93
100
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
83.8%
85.5%
Further education
18.0%
36.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
69.0%
32.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
6.0%
14.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.2%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
6.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
4.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
55.4%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
16.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
4.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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