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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Art & Design | Technical Award | 11 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 16 |
Small Business Management | Technical Award | 40 |
Sports Leadership | Technical Award | 19 |
Tourism | Technical Award | 19 |
Arabic | GCSE | 9 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 30 |
Biology | GCSE | 4 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 4 |
Admissions
Leeds City Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 208
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 127
- 2nd preference
- 74
- 3rd preference
- 71
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 127
- 2nd preference
- 21
- 3rd preference
- 13
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 20.5 |
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 |
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% |