Abbey Grange Church of England Academy, Leeds

Ofsted's report card from its 6 May 2026 inspection grades Abbey Grange Church of England Academy on 7 areas: 6 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve highly at this school."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils attend regularly because leaders place great importance on helping every child be in school and ready to learn."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Pupils benefit from a well‑planned and ambitious curriculum that gives them strong foundations for future learning."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Pupils are supported by a school that knows them well and acts early to remove barriers to learning."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have a clear vision that all children should flourish at the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils benefit from a personal development programme that is thoughtful, ambitious and woven into daily school life."

Post 16 provision - Expected standard. "Leaders provide clear direction to the sixth-form."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to strengthen post-16 provision so that teaching, assessment and outcomes match the high standards seen at key stage 4".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Abbey Grange! Congratulations on gaining a place at our fantastic school. We are really looking forward to you joining the Academy in September and visiting us for Induction Day in July."

In 2026, pupils at Abbey Grange Church of England Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 57.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Leeds and 47 across England.

70% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Leeds and 47% in England.

That is up from 55.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.7: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 44.1, against 60.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 296 families put Abbey Grange Church of England Academy as their first choice and 1030 named it as one of their preferences, for 237 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 87 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Abbey Grange Church of England Academy are Lawnswood School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.3); Horsforth School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 60.1); Ralph Thoresby School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.8); and Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 55.5).

Abbey Grange Church of England Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Abbey Grange Church of England Academy is one of 8 schools run by Abbey Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.1 in 2024/25.

Of the 267 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 14% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 202 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 60% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 15% into work. 23% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

28% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (44%), Black (25%) and Asian (13%).

In 2026, 194 pupils (12.3%) received SEN support and 14 (0.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Kirkstall Forge Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fillingfir Walk, 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Abbey Grange Church of England Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 3rd decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Abbey Grange Church of England Academy issued 139 suspensions, 8.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Abbey Grange Church of England Academy are St Chad's Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles), Hawksworth Wood Primary School (0.5 miles), Iveson Primary School (0.6 miles) and Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.