Leeds City Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 22 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
139646
Address
Bedford Field, Woodhouse Cliff, LS6 2LG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
984 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
51.4%
Girls
48.6%
First language not English
70.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
50.1%
Persistent absence
33.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.3%
Pupil ethnicities
African 16%
Gypsy/Roma 15%
Pakistani 10.6%
Other 10.6%
Other White 8.7%
Unclassified 8.4%
Mixed 7.6%
White British 7.3%
Other Asian 5.9%
Caribbean 3.3%
Indian 2.8%
Other Black 1.4%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Chinese 0.9%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.32
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 60%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 20%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.7
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.23
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award11
Health StudiesTechnical Award16
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award40
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award19
TourismTechnical Award19
ArabicGCSE9
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE30
BiologyGCSE4
ChemistryGCSE4
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Leeds City Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
208
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
127
2nd preference
74
3rd preference
71
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
127
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
13
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 classes20.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
205
104
101
Year 8
206
107
99
Year 9
208
101
107
Year 10
209
118
91
Year 11
156
76
80
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
36.0%
33.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
19.0%
36.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
18.0%
14.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
18.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
5.0%
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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