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Bruntcliffe Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Bruntcliffe Lane, Morley, Leeds LS27 0LZ · bruntcliffe.leeds.sch.uk · 0113 252 3225
On the mapSearch near LS27 0LZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46
- 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
- 1,361
- 97% of 1,400 places
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 25.9%
- First language not English
- 6.2%
- 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, 170 families put the school first and 278 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 | 278 | 170 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 261 | 244 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 276 | 219 | 0.8 | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 278 | 246 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 278 | 264 | 0.9 | 89% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46, and 44.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46 | 46 | ||
| ●44.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ●66.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲73.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.06 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 26.3 | −0.9 |
| Sixth form college | 10.9 | +6.9 |
| Further education | 45.3 | +0.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.5 | −6.1 |
| Employment | 3.2 | −0.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.9 | −1 |
| Activity not captured | 2.8 | +2.1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Bruntcliffe Academy on 26 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Mar 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 108086), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2023Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective May 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108086)
What parents said
57% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (148 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 57%
- Replies
- 148
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 44 parents (30%) with SEND