Co-op Academy Leeds, Leeds

From the headteacher's welcome: "We have very high expectations at Co-op Academy Leeds - students learn and achieve their best when they feel safe, happy and have clear standards and expectations. Our warm and supportive relationships with students mean that children can thrive and become independent and resilient learners who leave us at sixteen with an incredible future ahead of them."

In 2026, pupils at Co-op Academy Leeds averaged an Attainment 8 score of 27.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Leeds and 47 across England.

17% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Leeds and 47% in England.

That is down from 30.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.03: pupils made about 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 23.5, against 35.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 95 families put Co-op Academy Leeds as their first choice and 429 named it as one of their preferences, for 193 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 Co-op Academy Leeds are Trinity Academy Leeds (0.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 55.4); Mount St Mary's Catholic High School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.6); Dixons Trinity Chapeltown (0.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 45.8); and The Ruth Gorse Academy (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51.4).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Co-op Academy Leeds.

Co-op Academy Leeds is one of 40 schools run by The Co-Operative Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 174 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 79% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 46% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

62.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 79.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (27%), Black (16%) and other ethnic groups (6%).

In 2026, 214 pupils (22%) received SEN support and 16 (1.6%) 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 moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Leeds Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Co-Op Academy, 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 1459 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Co-op Academy Leeds issued 888 suspensions, 91.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 8 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Co-op Academy Leeds are Ebor Gardens Primary Academy (0.2 miles), Shakespeare Primary School (0.3 miles), St Patrick Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles) and All Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.