Rodillian Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 4 2025 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
138336
Address
Longthorpe Lane, Lofthouse, WF3 3PS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1654 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
7%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.4%
Persistent absence
18.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81%
Mixed 4.6%
Other White 4.4%
African 3.4%
Unclassified 3.2%
Other 0.9%
Chinese 0.7%
Other Black 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Other Asian 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 75%
Local authority average 50%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.3
Local authority average 45.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.3
Local authority average 4.1
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award30
Art & DesignGCSE56
BiologyGCSE113
Business Studies:SingleGCSE102
ChemistryGCSE102
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE40
DanceGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE312
English LiteratureGCSE298
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Rodillian Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
293
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
367
2nd preference
276
3rd preference
92
From another Local Authority
133
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
288
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
49
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 classes25.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
305
167
138
Year 8
299
149
150
Year 9
298
148
150
Year 10
290
159
131
Year 11
315
140
175
Year 12
85
42
43
Year 13
62
27
35
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
83.8%
85.5%
Further education
39.0%
36.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
25.0%
32.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
20.0%
14.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.2%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
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
52.0%
55.4%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
16.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
4.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
2.7%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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