Temple Moor High School
Secondary · Leeds · LS15 0PT
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 2 March 2023
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1,341 pupils · 101% of 1,332 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 27.3% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 6.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 6.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 1.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- tmhs.co.uk
- URN
- 146247
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 225 families named it first for 237 Year 7 places, 0.95 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.901 miles; distance decided places in 8 of the 12 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2014 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 2 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.95 first-choice applications per place237 places offered · 225 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
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 1.901 miles for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.901 miles
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
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GCSE results (2024/2025)
223 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
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)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
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.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| The Kimberley School | 51 | |
| Seaford Head School | 49.4 | |
| George Stephenson High School | 48 | |
| Turton School | 43.7 | |
| Barr Beacon School | 51 | |
| Westhoughton High School | 44.4 | |
| Notley High School and Sixth Form | 44.9 | |
| Lady Manners School | 52.2 | |
| Belfairs Academy | 45.5 | |
| George Spencer Academy | 51.7 | |
| The Coleshill School | 39.9 | |
| Arthur Mellows Village College | 46.5 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 82% (Leeds 57%, England 59%) · Black African 3% (Leeds 8%, England 5%) · Any other White background 3% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Leeds 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · 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)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
16.73 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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Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 1% moved to another state school · 3% 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)
72.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.8 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 £50,411; 11.1% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (6%) · supplies and services 6% (11%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 5% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve -£187,000; in-year balance +£389,000
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Where pupils go after GCSEs
Where students go after sixth form
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 1 March 2023: School remains Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 28.6% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 18.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 33.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 14.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 50.8% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 79.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 7.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 13% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 11.7% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 7.5% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 22.8% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 19.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011416 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £266,500446 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £220,000–£315,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (3.06 km, 2026 entry): 2,117 sales, median £235,000. 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
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 3an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 13an 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