Bishop Young Church of England Academy, Leeds

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Bishop Young Academy - we are really looking forward to welcoming you into our academy family, and working with you you to ensure you gain the most from your time with us. We are very proud of the school that we have become and the journey that we have taken over the last few years."

In 2026, pupils at Bishop Young Church of England Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Leeds and 47 across England.

29% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Leeds and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 36.9.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.3: pupils made below 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 34, against 41.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 98 families put Bishop Young Church of England Academy as their first choice and 300 named it as one of their preferences, for 164 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bishop Young Church of England Academy are Leeds East Academy (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 31.4); Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy (1.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 37.3); Roundhay School (1.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 56.4); and Temple Learning Academy (1.7 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 30.7).

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

Bishop Young 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 141 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 56% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

56.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 49.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (29%), White British (28%) and Asian (17%).

Bishop Young Church of England Academy has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 30 places, 12 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Cross Gates Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bishop Young C of E Academy, 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Bishop Young Church of England Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 515 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Bishop Young Church of England Academy issued 205 suspensions, 26.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Bishop Young Church of England Academy are Beechwood Primary School (0.4 miles), Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles), Grange Farm Primary School (0.5 miles) and Seacroft Grange Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.