Horsforth School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 25 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Leeds
Unique reference
137775
Address
Lee Lane East, Horsforth, LS18 5RF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1654 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
53.3%
Girls
46.7%
First language not English
10.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.1%
Persistent absence
14.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.9%
Mixed 6.7%
Other 4%
Other White 3.3%
Other Asian 2.3%
Chinese 1.9%
Indian 1.1%
African 1.1%
Unclassified 1.1%
Pakistani 1%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.74
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 63%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 64%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 57.6
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.2
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award80
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award33
MultimediaTechnical Award33
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award40
Mathematics (Further)AS level1
MathematicsAS level1
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE43
BiologyGCSE79
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Horsforth School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
281
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
328
2nd preference
248
3rd preference
216
From another Local Authority
45
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
273
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
0
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 classes22.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
283
154
129
Year 8
283
148
135
Year 9
286
144
142
Year 10
253
132
121
Year 11
226
123
103
Year 12
178
96
82
Year 13
145
84
61
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
84.9%
86.5%
Further education
23.0%
33.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
63.0%
36.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
14.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
SP
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
84.0%
64.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
35.0%
18.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
32.0%
16.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
2.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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