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Leeds City Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Bedford Field, Woodhouse Cliff, Leeds LS6 2LG · leedscityacademy.org.uk · 0113 284 4260
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Leeds 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Leeds Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,009
- 96% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 62.5%
- First language not English
- 72.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Leeds Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 134 families put the school first and 225 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 225 | 134 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 209 | 117 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 208 | 127 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 209 | 132 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 209 | 100 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.3, and 33.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leeds it was 45.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼33.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼48.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼27.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.39 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 12.3 | −0.5 |
| Sixth form college | 24.7 | +10.5 |
| Further education | 37.7 | −13.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.9 | −0.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.1 | −0.1 |
| Activity not captured | 14.3 | +5.1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 11 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Leeds City Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 10 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective May 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
71% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 71%
- Replies
- 34
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied