John Smeaton Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.763 miles
Last place: Any other children · Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
John Smeaton Academy is a secondary school in Leeds for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 April 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
John Smeaton 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 | 2.763 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 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 14% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), lowest among this school and the 7 of its 8 nearest Leeds secondaries with results.
- The last Year 7 place in 2026 went to a child with no other priority 2.763 miles away, 6th longest of 24 Leeds secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 156 first-choice applications for 166 offers; 149 went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Some 40.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 56.5% 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
- Barwick Road, Leeds, LS15 8TA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 677 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 April 2024
Strengths
- “Leaders and staff have worked closely with pupils to bring about a startling transformation at this school.”
- “Pupils share the ambitions that staff have for them and value the kindness shown to them.”
- “This school is now a beacon for its community.”
To improve
- “This strong learning is not reflected in historic published outcomes at key stage 4.”
- “Some pupils struggle to attend school sufficiently often.”
- “This means that they miss out on important learning and wider opportunities.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 June 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) | 14% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 29.5 | 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: 156 first-preference applications, 166 offers in total, 149 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.
- Leeds East Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Temple Moor High School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bishop Young Church of England Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 2.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Garforth Academy 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Trinity Academy Leeds 3.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Leeds 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Mount St Mary's Catholic High School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published