Leeds West Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Intake Lane
Rodley
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS13 1DQ
Phone 01132295454
Reference Number 135935

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1434
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 46.93%
Girls: 53.07%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 39.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 131 171 302
8 143 166 309
9 134 158 292
10 137 147 284
11 128 119 247

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 82%
White, Other 4.1%
African 2.9%
Mixed, Other 2%
Unclassified 1.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.4%
White & Asian 1%
Pakistani 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.5%
Caribbean 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Chinese 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2024-12-04
Date Description Report
2024-10-15 School inspection School inspection
2022-09-21 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2019-05-14 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2017-06-22 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2017-02-28 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-03-20 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-03-09 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 32% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 44.9% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 103 28
Third Preference 139 4
From another Local Authority 4 0

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Summerfield Primary School
Intake Lane, Rodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS13 1DQ
0.06 miles
Valley View Community Primary School
Coal Hill Drive, Rodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS13 1DD
0.2 miles
Stanningley Primary School
Leeds and Bradford Road, Stanningley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 6PE
0.3 miles
Bramley Park Academy
Fairfield Hill, Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS13 3DP
0.55 miles
Farsley Springbank Primary School
Wesley Street, Farsley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 5LE
0.6 miles
Farsley Westroyd Primary School and Nursery
Frances Street, Farsley, Pudsey, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS28 5BH
0.79 miles
Swinnow Primary School
Swinnow Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS13 4PG
0.95 miles
Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School
Primrose Hill, Stanningley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 6AB
0.98 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Mount Pleasant Road, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 7AZ
1 miles
Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School
Victoria Crescent, Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS18 4PT
1.03 miles
Bramley St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Hough Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS13 3NE
1.03 miles
Whitecote Primary School
Wellington Grove, Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS13 2LQ
1.12 miles
Farsley Farfield Primary School
Cote Lane, Farsley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 5ED
1.16 miles
Lowtown Primary School
Kent Road, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 9BB
1.18 miles
Park Spring Primary School
Swinnow Lane, Leeds, LS13 4QT
1.26 miles
The Froebelian School
1.34 miles
Horsforth Featherbank Primary School
Featherbank Avenue, Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS18 4QP
1.42 miles
Raynville Academy
Cross Aston Grove, Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS13 2TQ
1.51 miles
Hollybush Primary
Broad Lane, Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS13 2JJ
1.54 miles
Christ The King Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Kings Approach, Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS13 2DX
1.59 miles
Name Distance
West Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre
4 Town Street, Stanningley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 6HL
0.4 miles
Pudsey Grammar School
Mount Pleasant Road, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 7ND
1.11 miles
Co-op Academy Priesthorpe
Priesthorpe Lane, Farsley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 5SG
1.36 miles
Crawshaw Academy
Robin Lane, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 9HU
1.51 miles
Horsforth School
Lee Lane East, Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS18 5RF
2.02 miles
Armley Grange School
Armley Grange Drive, Armley, Leeds, LS12 3QH
2.03 miles
Fulneck School
Fulneck, Leeds, LS28 8DS
2.11 miles
Dixons Unity Academy
Whingate Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 3DS
2.3 miles
Abbey Grange Church of England Academy
Butcher Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS16 5EA
2.32 miles
The Farnley Academy
Chapel Lane, Farnley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 5EU
2.55 miles
Woodhouse Grove School
Apperley Bridge, Bradford, BD10 0NR
2.6 miles
Lighthouse School Leeds
Arthington House, Hospital Lane, Cookridge, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS16 6QB
2.74 miles
Laisterdyke Leadership Academy
Thornbury Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD3 8HE
2.74 miles
Lawnswood School
Ring Road, West Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS16 5AG
2.85 miles
Core Training and Development limited
Network House, Ashfield way, Leeds, Leeds, LS12 5JB
2.99 miles
Benton Park School
Harrogate Road, Rawdon, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS19 6LX
3.2 miles
Immanuel College
Leeds Road, Idle, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD10 9AQ
3.5 miles
Ralph Thoresby School
Holtdale Approach, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS16 7RX
3.5 miles
Carlton Bolling
Undercliffe Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD3 0DU
3.54 miles
Hanson Academy
Sutton Avenue, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD2 1JP
3.59 miles
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