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Guiseley School

Secondary · Leeds · LS20 8DT

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Good

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: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 24 September 2019

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At a glance

1,431 pupils · 99% of 1,450 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
12.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.guiseleyschool.org.uk/
URN
108085

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 221 families named it first for 227 Year 7 places, 0.97 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.48 miles; distance decided places in 7 of the 12 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2014 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 24 September 2019, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

227 places offered · 221 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 2.48 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.48 miles

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
49.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
73.9%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
52.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.4
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-) C+
32.4
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school49.6
Median of its 12 closest peers50.6
Leeds average46.4
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with 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
Tadcaster Grammar SchoolTadcaster · 17 miles awayGood50
The Mountbatten SchoolRomsey · 200 miles awayGood51.2
Wolfreton School and Sixth Form CollegeHull · 53 miles awayExpected standard47.6
St Laurence SchoolBradford-on-Avon · 176 miles awayGood54.5
The Ashcombe SchoolDorking · 191 miles awayGood57.1
Sponne SchoolTowcester · 124 miles awayGood52
Beechen Cliff SchoolBath · 175 miles awayGood55
The Robert Smyth AcademyMarket Harborough · 101 miles awayGood53
Shenfield High SchoolBrentwood · 176 miles awayGood45.3
Malet LambertHull · 58 miles awayGood41.9
The Marlborough Science AcademySt Albans · 158 miles awayGood43.4
Weald School, TheBillingshurst · 204 miles awayGood47.1

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 86% (Leeds 57%, England 59%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Leeds 7%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 2% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · Any other White background 2% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Leeds 2%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Leeds 8%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%

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)
6.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.26 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
15.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 8% 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)

59.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.1 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 £49,312; 8.3% 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£7,578
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 4% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (7%) · supplies and services 12% (10%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 6% (2%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£325,065; in-year balance +£37,167

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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
93%
Continuing in education
86%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
3%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
48%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
34%
Any sustained destination
89%

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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher43.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86.1%62.3%
Social housing5.3%17.1%
Privately rented8.6%20.5%
Detached houses14%22.9%
Flats8.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms30.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011271 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£300,000366 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£225,000–£429,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (70)£575,000
Semi-detached (117)£345,000
Terraced (122)£255,000
Flat (57)£171,000

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 (3.99 km, 2026 entry): 2,394 sales, median £275,000. 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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
20an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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