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Co-op Academy Priesthorpe

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy

Priesthorpe Lane, Farsley, Pudsey LS28 5SG · priesthorpe.coopacademies.co.uk · 0113 257 4115

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
41.1
average Attainment 8 score. Leeds 45.5, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Leeds Council
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,013
89% of 1,140 places
Local authority
Leeds
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
37.2%
First language not English
32%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Co-Operative Academies Trust

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, 159 families put the school first and 205 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 130 (Places 186)130September 2023: 109 (Places 187)109September 2024: 105 (Places 164)105September 2025: 143 (Places 204)143September 2026: 159 (Places 205)159Places 205
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262051590.8100%
September 2025Sept 20252041430.797%
September 2024Sept 20241641050.699%
September 2023Sept 20231871090.698%
September 2022Sept 20221861300.797%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.1, and 35% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leeds it was 45.5, and across England 46.

In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade D+ (23.6 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 40.3 (England 46.3)40.32017/18: 41.3 (England 46.5)41.32018/19: 41.9 (England 46.7)41.92021/22: 49.3 (England 48.8)49.32022/23: 46.3 (England 46.3)46.32023/24: 39.3 (England 45.9)39.32024/25: 41.1 (England 46.0)41.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼41.146.0
▼35.0%45.4%
▼62.1%64.8%
▼26.2%40.5%
▼3.474.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 108087)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form13.1−26.7
Sixth form college23.8+0.2
Further education45.1+20
Other education2.4+1.9
Apprenticeship1.5+1
Employment2.4+1.4
Not in a lasting destination5.3−0.5
Activity not captured6.3+2.6

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/1818/192015/16: 27.6 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 24.2 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 28.2 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 23.6 (England 32.9)D+England 32.9
2018/19TrendAverage gradeProgress
42 studentsD+ (23.6)Below average -0.26
43 studentsD+ (23.4)Below average -0.27
36 studentsMerit (26)Above average +0.37
7 studentsMerit (23.6)—
0%AAB or better
96.8%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2017/1847C- (28.2)-0.05
2016/1763D+ (24.2)-0.31
2015/1672C- (27.6)+0.13

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University61.4+2.4
Further and other education9.1—
Further education4.5—
Other education4.5—
Apprenticeship2.3−9.2
Employment11.4−0.1
Not in a lasting destination4.5−3.7
Activity not captured11.4+1.6

Ofsted

Co-op Academy Priesthorpe was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
21 Feb 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2020

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2020Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2017Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Nov 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

53% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (99 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
53%
Replies
99
9% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school▼62% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼64% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼52% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼64% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼64% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼50% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼68% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼79% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼80% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼49% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼45% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 91% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼38% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 58% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼54% agreeEngland 67%

based on 26 parents (26%) with SEND

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