Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.730 miles
Last place: Other baptised Catholic children · Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
This distance applies only to children in the “Other baptised Catholic children” priority. The last place went to that group, so no child in a lower priority got a place, however close they lived.
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a secondary school in Leeds for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 February 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High 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 | 1.730 mi |
| 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 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place among other baptised Catholic children lived 1.730 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and 2024.
- That was the 12th longest of 24 Leeds secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- Year 7 2026 had 249 first-choice applications for 179 offers; 176 offers went to first-choice families, and 73 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Leeds.
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
- Tongue Lane, Meanwood, Leeds, LS6 4QE
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 916 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils take pleasure in attending.”
- “In classrooms, teachers support pupils to do their best.”
- “They help pupils to achieve their learning goals.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, pupils’ independent work is not checked thoroughly.”
- “As a result, pupils do not always produce the work that they are capable of.”
- “Some pupils believe that, on occasion, the behaviour of other pupils causes them to lose focus on their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 March 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) | 73% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 58 | 46 |
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: 249 first-preference applications, 179 offers in total, 176 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.
- Allerton High School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leeds Jewish Free School 1.2 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Lawnswood School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leeds City Academy 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Allerton Grange School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Abbey Grange Church of England Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ralph Thoresby School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Leeds 3.0 mi Good Last distance published