Lawnswood School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leeds City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lawnswood School is a secondary school in Leeds for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Lawnswood School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Of its pupils, 47.5% are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Leeds is 29%.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 114 first-choice applications for 261 offers, 0.4 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 40 Leeds secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 40% reached grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Leeds.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C (England B-), while progress from GCSE to A level was above average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leeds schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ring Road, West Park, Leeds, LS16 5AG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 1,307 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are polite, friendly and respectful.”
- “They belong to a welcoming and inclusive school that seeks to know and understand them as individuals.”
- “The school has created a positive environment in which pupils feel happy and safe.”
To improve
- “However, at times, teachers’ questioning and choice of activity are not effective.”
- “They do not secure or extend pupils’ knowledge and understanding with enough rigour.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 114 first-preference applications, 261 offers in total, 114 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leeds.
- Abbey Grange Church of England Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ralph Thoresby School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Horsforth School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leeds City Academy 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Allerton High School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leeds Jewish Free School 2.4 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Leeds West Academy 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published