St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Ilkley, Leeds
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.689 miles
Last place: Any other children · Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Ilkley, Leeds for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary 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 | 3.689 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
- The Year 7 2026 last distance offered, 3.689 miles, was the 3rd longest of 24 Leeds secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.73 miles).
- The last Year 7 2026 place went to a child outside the school's priority groups, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 179 first-choice applications for 201 offers; 170 went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 55 (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
- Bradford Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6AE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 1,211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “Inclusivity is at the heart of this exceptional school.”
- “Pupils consistently display the school values of faithfulness, humility, truth, forgiveness, tolerance, dignity, service and respect.”
- “Pupils form excellent relationships with staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 March 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) | 60% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 179 first-preference applications, 201 offers in total, 170 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.
- Guiseley School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Benton Park School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Horsforth School 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Priesthorpe 5.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Ralph Thoresby School 5.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leeds West Academy 5.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Abbey Grange Church of England Academy 5.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published