The Morley Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.252 miles
Last place: In defined catchment area · Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
This distance applies only to children in the “In defined catchment area” priority. The last place went to that group, so no child in a lower priority got a place, however close they lived.
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Morley Academy is a secondary school in Leeds for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
The Morley 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 | 1.252 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 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 369 first-choice applications for 270 offers: 1.4 first choices per offer, the 4th highest of 40 Leeds secondary schools.
- In 2026, 264 Year 7 offers went to first-choice families and 105 first-choice families (28%) were not offered a place; 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For children in the priority area, the 2026 Year 7 last distance offered was 1.252 miles, the 7th shortest of 24 Leeds secondary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%) and the Attainment 8 score was 54.6 (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
- Fountain Street, Morley, Leeds, LS27 0PD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 1,410 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils attending The Morley Academy benefit from an outstanding quality of education.”
- “The school’s motto of ‘exceptional, every day’ is lived and breathed by everyone in the community.”
- “The school’s broad, challenging curriculum is taught by expert teachers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 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) | 60% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 54.6 | 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: 369 first-preference applications, 270 offers in total, 264 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.
- Bruntcliffe Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodkirk Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cockburn School 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Farnley Academy 2.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Cockburn John Charles Academy 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dixons Unity Academy 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Crawshaw Academy 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published