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Temple Learning Academy

All-through · Leeds · LS15 0NN

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 25 November 2025 · report published 1 February 2026

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At a glance

918 pupils · 90% of 1,020 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
4–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
54.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
28.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.templelearningacademy.org
URN
141883

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 31 families named it first for 76 Year 7 places, 0.41 first choices per place. We hold 10 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2017 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 25 November 2025, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 13.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.94 first-choice applications per place

36 places offered · 34 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

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.41 first-choice applications per place

76 places offered · 31 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: Reception

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

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

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

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

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
23%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
97
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
33.7
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
41%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
28.2%
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 school33.7
Median of its 12 closest peers36.9
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
Gloucester AcademyGloucester · 138 miles awayGood36.6
Dixons Unity AcademyLeeds · 5 miles awayGood36
Leeds East AcademyLeeds · 2 miles awayRequires improvement32.7
Moseley ParkBilston · 88 miles awayStrong standard44.8
E-Act Parkwood AcademySheffield · 26 miles awayGood36.5
The Bulwell AcademyNottingham · 56 miles awayNeeds attention36.1
Erdington AcademyBirmingham · 90 miles awayGood40.6
Rockwood AcademyBirmingham · 91 miles awayGood (2016)39.1
Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyBlackburn · 40 miles awayRequires improvement37.2
Cockburn John Charles AcademyLeeds · 3 miles awayStrong standard43.8
The Link AcademyDudley · 93 miles awayExpected standard40.4
Astor Secondary SchoolDover · 218 miles awayNeeds attention27.9

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 57% (Leeds 57%, England 59%) · Black African 14% (Leeds 8%, England 5%) · Any other White background 8% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Leeds 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Leeds 7%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Leeds 4%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Leeds 1%, England 0%)

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)
13.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
36.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

7.68 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
17.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

1.78% 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)

67.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.7 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 £47,938; 19.2% 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£8,442
Typical all-through school£7,789

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 79% (78%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 5% (4%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £227,000; in-year balance +£346,000

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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
71%
Continuing in education
68%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
3%

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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher21.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications30.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work15.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways31.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier25.7%62.3%
Social housing61.1%17.1%
Privately rented12.4%20.5%
Detached houses5.7%22.9%
Flats18.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms13.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van46.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011624 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£210,000267 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£174,000–£241,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (20)£255,500
Semi-detached (207)£215,000
Terraced (36)£152,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
8an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
31an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an 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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