Leeds City 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 City 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 11 December 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Leeds City 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
- In 2024/25, 34% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 38.3 (England 46).
- Every applicant for Year 7 2026 was offered a place, as at 15 of the 39 other Leeds secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 drew 134 first-choice applications for 225 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 91 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 62.6% 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
- Bedford Field, Woodhouse Cliff, Leeds, LS6 2LG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 1,009 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 62.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this happy and inclusive school.”
- “They know that the school dedicates itself to helping them to become the best that they can be.”
- “Pupils are proud to be a part of the vibrant school community.”
To improve
- “However, the persistent absence of some pupils remains high.”
- “This means these pupils miss important learning opportunities.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 January 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) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.3 | 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: 134 first-preference applications, 225 offers in total, 134 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.
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Leeds 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Lawnswood School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Ruth Gorse Academy 2.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Mount St Mary's Catholic High School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Allerton Grange School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Trinity Academy Leeds 2.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- University Technical College Leeds 2.3 mi Good