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Roundhay School

All-through · Leeds · LS8 1ND

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 28 November 2023

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At a glance

2,554 pupils · 102% of 2,500 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
18.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
22.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.roundhayschool.org.uk
URN
108076

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 444 families named it first for 232 Year 7 places, 1.91 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2020 entry went to 0.459 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 12 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2014 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 28 November 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

2.34 first-choice applications per place

58 places offered · 136 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.91 first-choice applications per place

232 places offered · 444 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: defined priority area. Inside it, last place at 0.646 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.408 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

In defined catchment area
0.646 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.459 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

In defined catchment area
0.979 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

59 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
31%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

304 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
55.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
82.2%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
66.8%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5.2
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B-
37.5
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school55.1
Median of its 12 closest peers51.7
Leeds average46.4
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Springwood High SchoolKing's Lynn · 109 miles awayGood46.9
Cheam High SchoolSutton · 179 miles awayGood50.7
Great Sankey High SchoolWarrington · 56 miles awayGood50.5
Tapton School & Sixth FormSheffield · 31 miles awayOutstanding58
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form CentreCheltenham · 136 miles awayGood48.1
Gosforth AcademyNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 82 miles awayGood54.4
Graveney SchoolLondon · 176 miles awayOutstanding63.9
Cleeve SchoolCheltenham · 132 miles awayGood49.9
Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England AcademyYork · 21 miles awayStrong standard56.7
Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth FormNorwich · 145 miles awayGood49.2
Northampton School for BoysNorthampton · 113 miles awayOutstanding58.2
Littleover Community SchoolDerby · 64 miles awayGood52.7

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 34% (Leeds 57%, England 59%) · Asian Pakistani 21% (Leeds 7%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Black African 5% (Leeds 8%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 5% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Leeds 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Leeds 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Leeds 4%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.58 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Leeds: 21.53 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

61.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,632; 13.7% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,625
Typical all-through school£7,789

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 73% (78%) · premises 14% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 3% (7%) · supplies and services 22% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £1,516,293; in-year balance +£459,484

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
94%
Continuing in education
93%
Apprenticeship

suppressed (small cohort)

Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
57%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
17%
Any sustained destination
84%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher65.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications5.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work59%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health59.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier85.2%62.3%
Social housing1.5%17.1%
Privately rented13.2%20.5%
Detached houses32.8%22.9%
Flats13.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms53.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011641 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£370,000350 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£241,000–£539,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (63)£622,500
Semi-detached (175)£410,000
Terraced (34)£285,000
Flat (78)£156,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (0.74 km, 2020 entry): 163 sales, median £465,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.66 km, 2024 entry): 144 sales, median £497,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
2an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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