Mount St Mary's Catholic High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.634 miles
Last place: Named Catholic feeder school · Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
This distance applies only to children in the “Named Catholic feeder school” 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 🔒
Mount St Mary's Catholic High School is a secondary school in Leeds for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
Mount St Mary's 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 | 1.634 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, from a named Catholic feeder school, lived 1.634 miles from the school.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was the 11th shortest of 24 Leeds secondary schools with a published last distance, and further than in 2025 and in 2024.
- Year 7 2026 had 201 first-choice applications for 188 offers; 155 offers went to first-choice families and 46 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 39% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 49.6 (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
- Ellerby Road, Leeds, LS9 8LA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 943 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “Mount St Mary’s Catholic High School has a deep community spirit.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this highly inclusive school.”
- “Pupils benefit from a broad and ambitious curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 May 2025 (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) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.6 | 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: 201 first-preference applications, 188 offers in total, 155 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.
- The Ruth Gorse Academy 0.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- University Technical College Leeds 0.5 mi Good
- Trinity Academy Leeds 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Leeds 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 1.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Cockburn John Charles Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leeds City Academy 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cockburn School 2.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published