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Best secondary schools in Leeds

38 of 44 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Leeds schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 The Ruth Gorse Academy Leeds 0.99 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.54 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Allerton High School Leeds 0.89 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Mount St Mary's Catholic High School Leeds 0.86 Not judged about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Cockburn School Leeds 0.72 Outstanding about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Abbey Grange Church of England Academy Leeds 0.7 Good oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Leeds 0.66 Good oversubscribed 1.39 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Boston Spa Academy Wetherby 0.56 Outstanding about even 1.09 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 The Morley Academy Leeds 0.56 Not judged oversubscribed 1.37 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 The Farnley Academy Leeds 0.53 Outstanding about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Cockburn John Charles Academy Leeds hidden gem 0.47 Good undersubscribed 0.69 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Leeds Jewish Free School Leeds 0.45 Good about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Oulton Academy Leeds 0.43 Outstanding about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Leeds City Academy Leeds hidden gem 0.42 Good improving undersubscribed 0.6 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy Ilkley 0.41 Not judged about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Horsforth School Leeds 0.4 Good oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Bruntcliffe Academy Leeds 0.34 Not judged undersubscribed 0.61 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Garforth Academy Leeds 0.34 Not judged about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College Otley 0.34 Not judged oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Wetherby High School Wetherby 0.29 Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Temple Moor High School Leeds 0.27 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Rodillian Academy Wakefield 0.24 Good oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Woodkirk Academy Wakefield hidden gem 0.15 Good undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Brigshaw High School Castleford 0.05 Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Allerton Grange School Leeds -0.02 Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Co-op Academy Leeds Leeds hidden gem -0.03 Good improving undersubscribed 0.49 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 Guiseley School Leeds -0.04 Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 University Technical College Leeds Leeds -0.1 Good improving — approximate
28 Pudsey Grammar School Pudsey -0.12 Good oversubscribed 1.34 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Lawnswood School Leeds hidden gem -0.26 Good improving undersubscribed 0.44 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Bishop Young Church of England Academy Leeds hidden gem -0.3 Good improving undersubscribed 0.6 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 Leeds West Academy Leeds hidden gem -0.3 Good undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 Co-op Academy Priesthorpe Pudsey hidden gem -0.4 Good improving undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 Ralph Thoresby School Leeds hidden gem -0.5 Good improving undersubscribed 0.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 Dixons Unity Academy Leeds hidden gem -0.54 Good improving undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 Crawshaw Academy Pudsey -0.59 Not judged improving undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 Leeds East Academy Leeds -0.87 Not judged improving undersubscribed 0.62 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Leeds -0.88 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.38 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 John Smeaton Academy Leeds -0.9 Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Leeds

6 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Leeds, not a fairer one.

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