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Co-op Academy Leeds

Secondary · Leeds · LS9 7HD

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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 29 November 2022

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At a glance

974 pupils · 93% of 1,050 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
62.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
76% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
21.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.leeds.coopacademies.co.uk
URN
137065

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 95 families named it first for 193 Year 7 places, 0.49 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2017 entry went to 1.143 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 11 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2014 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 29 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 18% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.49 first-choice applications per place

193 places offered · 95 first-choice applications · usually has places

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2017 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.143 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
30.5
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
33.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
18%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
2.9
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.

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school30.5
Median of its 12 closest peers42.4
Leeds average46.4
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind 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
Holte SchoolBirmingham · 91 miles awayGood39.4
Leeds City AcademyLeeds · 2 miles awayGood (2019)38.3
Holyhead SchoolBirmingham · 91 miles awayGood43.2
Laisterdyke Leadership AcademyBradford · 8 miles awayGood36.1
Ark King Solomon AcademyLondon · 168 miles awayOutstanding51.3
Broadway AcademyBirmingham · 90 miles awayGood42.7
Yardleys SchoolBirmingham · 94 miles awayGood46.7
Astrea Academy SheffieldSheffield · 28 miles awayGood45.4
Ark Victoria AcademyBirmingham · 94 miles awayGood (2019)48.4
Moseley School and Sixth FormBirmingham · 95 miles awayNeeds attention39.7
Oasis Academy HadleyEnfield · 162 miles awayStrong standard42
Blue Coat Church of England AcademyWalsall · 86 miles awayGood37.4

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White Gypsy/Roma 18% (Leeds 1%, England 0%) · Any other White background 18% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 17% (Leeds 7%, England 5%) · Black African 13% (Leeds 8%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Leeds 2%, England 3%) · White British 6% (Leeds 57%, England 59%) · Not recorded 5% (Leeds 4%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Leeds 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · 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)
18%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
50.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

91.64 suspensions per 100 pupils and 8 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
17.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 17% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

54.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 8 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 £53,775; 12.9% 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 (2024-25)

This school£10,351
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (77%) · premises 22% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 2% (6%) · supplies and services 8% (11%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 0% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£54,000; in-year balance +£576,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
76%
Continuing in education
75%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher43.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier12.6%62.3%
Social housing37.5%17.1%
Privately rented49.4%20.5%
Detached houses0.9%22.9%
Flats91.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms2%21.1%
Households with no car or van62.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033031 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£125,000330 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£102,000–£170,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (18)£148,500
Terraced (189)£112,000
Flat (123)£162,500

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (1.84 km, 2017 entry): 1,149 sales, median £150,000. 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
13an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
22an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
72an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
20an 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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