Leeds West Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leeds City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leeds West Academy is a secondary school in Leeds for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 16 October 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
Leeds West Academy 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 2 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, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 2 of the 3 earlier years.
- 15 of the 39 other Leeds secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 230 first-choice applications for 274 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 44 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 41.7 (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
- Intake Lane, Rodley, Leeds, LS13 1DQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 1,432 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 16 October 2024
Strengths
- “This is a happy and inclusive school.”
- “The school’s values of care, commitment and community create an atmosphere of strong relationships in which pupils thrive.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes teachers do not ensure that pupils’ knowledge and understanding are secure before moving on to more complex concepts.”
- “As a result, some pupils develop gaps in their deeper knowledge of topics.”
- “While there has been a great deal of success, the school’s actions have not secured sufficient improvement in the attendance of pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 December 2024 (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) | 38% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.7 | 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: 230 first-preference applications, 274 offers in total, 230 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.
- Pudsey Grammar School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Priesthorpe 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Crawshaw Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Horsforth School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dixons Unity Academy 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Abbey Grange Church of England Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Farnley Academy 2.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Lawnswood School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published