Leeds East 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
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leeds East Academy is a secondary school in Leeds for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Leeds East 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 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, every applicant was offered a place, though places ran out in 3 of the 7 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 22% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 32.7 (England 46).
- Year 7 2026 entry drew 101 first-choice applications for 164 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 63 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 59.6% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 47.5% across 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
- South Parkway, Leeds, LS14 6HA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 967 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “There are high ambitions for all pupils.”
- “The school nurtures pupils so they have the self-belief and resilience to succeed, whatever their background.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, pupils’ behaviour outside of lessons does not meet the school’s high expectations.”
- “This has not been the case over time.”
- “Some pupils also attend less well than they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 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) | 22% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 32.7 | 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: 101 first-preference applications, 164 offers in total, 101 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.
- Bishop Young Church of England Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- John Smeaton Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Temple Moor High School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 1.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Trinity Academy Leeds 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Leeds 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Mount St Mary's Catholic High School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Allerton Grange School 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published