Ralph Thoresby School
Secondary · Foundation 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 🔒
Ralph Thoresby School is a secondary school in Leeds for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 October 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Ralph Thoresby 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
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as happened at 15 of the 39 other Leeds secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 places ran out, with a last distance published, in 3 of the 6 earlier years with a published outcome, though not in 2026.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 104 first-choice applications for 164 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 60 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 36% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 39.7 (England 46).
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
- Holtdale Approach, Leeds, LS16 7RX
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 987 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 October 2023
Strengths
- “The school is proud of its inclusive nature.”
- “Pupils enjoy being part of the diverse school community.”
- “They value the wide variety of enrichment opportunities on offer.”
To improve
- “However, the high standards of behaviour in lessons are not consistently replicated at social times.”
- “However, this is not consistently the case across all subjects.”
- “On occasion, teachers do not check the understanding of pupils as effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 December 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) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.7 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | 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: 104 first-preference applications, 164 offers in total, 104 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.
- Lawnswood School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Abbey Grange Church of England Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Horsforth School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Allerton High School 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leeds Jewish Free School 2.6 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Benton Park School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leeds City Academy 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published