Bruntcliffe 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 🔒
Bruntcliffe 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 26 November 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Bruntcliffe 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
- Every applicant for Year 7 in 2026 was offered a place, as at 15 of the 39 other Leeds secondary schools with a published 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 170 first-choice applications for 278 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer, the 6th lowest of 40 Leeds secondary schools.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, 126 of the 659 applications (19%) came from families living outside Leeds, and 62 offers went to them.
- 25.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 39.7% 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
- Bruntcliffe Lane, Morley, Leeds, LS27 0LZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 1,361 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are taught to have pride in themselves at this school.”
- “They learn and represent the school’s core values of productivity, community, integrity, inclusivity and ambition.”
- “For example, pupils support community events such as Remembrance Day parades.”
To improve
- “A small number of pupils do not behave well.”
- “Teaching and assessment are not consistent across lessons.”
- “Pupils in some lessons do not experience clear modelling and explanations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 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) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46 | 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: 170 first-preference applications, 278 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.
- The Morley Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodkirk Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Farnley Academy 2.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cockburn School 2.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Dixons Unity Academy 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Crawshaw Academy 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Cockburn John Charles Academy 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published