Horsforth School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.246 miles
Last place: In defined LS 18 catchment area · Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
This distance applies only to children in the “In defined LS 18 catchment area” 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 🔒
Horsforth School is a secondary school in Leeds for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 October 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
Horsforth 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 | 1.246 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
- In 2024/25, 62% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); the A level average grade was B (England B-).
- The last Year 7 place in 2026 went to a priority-area child living 1.246 miles away, the 6th shortest of 24 Leeds secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 2026 saw 343 first-choice applications for 280 offers; 279 offers went to first-choice families, and 64 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 13.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 34.3% 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
- Lee Lane East, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5RF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 1,837 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 October 2023
Strengths
- “This school believes in opportunity and achievement for all.”
- “It is highly effective in achieving this aim.”
- “Pupils benefit from an expansive choice of courses that prepare them well for their future careers and aspirations.”
To improve
- “On some occasions, teaching activities do not encourage pupils to think or discuss ideas in sufficient depth.”
- “This means that pupils do not routinely develop a more complex understanding of some topics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 December 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) | 62% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 57.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
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: 343 first-preference applications, 280 offers in total, 279 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.
- Abbey Grange Church of England Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ralph Thoresby School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lawnswood School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Benton Park School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leeds West Academy 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Priesthorpe 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Pudsey Grammar School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published