Cockburn Reach Academy, Leeds
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 7 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Cockburn Reach Academy excels at helping pupils with complex needs feel they truly belong. Staff build trusting relationships from day one and use consistent, skilled approaches to help pupils regulate their behaviour and re-engage with learning. The school's broad curriculum, combined with its strong focus on social and emotional wellbeing, enables pupils to make real progress and prepare successfully for their next steps in education.
Key Strengths
- Excellent attendance support with pupils making significant improvements over time
- Highly skilled staff who manage behaviour very well and provide precise support matched to each pupil's needs
- Outstanding inclusion practices with expert understanding of barriers pupils face and effective adaptations
- Rich personal development curriculum including PSHE that prioritizes pupil wellbeing
- Strong leadership that responds quickly to needs and implements purposeful improvements
Areas for Improvement
- Writing skills development - some pupils at early writing stages need more consistent opportunities to practise and embed new skills
- Pacing of learning progression - occasionally pupils move on to new learning too quickly before mastery
- Further refinement needed in monitoring writing progress to ensure all pupils receive sufficient practice opportunities
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - the school has created an open and positive safeguarding culture where all legal requirements are met and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Residential trips, coast visits, visits to places of worship (synagogue and gurdwara), local area visits, daily friendship time, school council, caring for chickens and bearded dragon, life skills learning (local post office visits)
Cockburn Reach Academy is a highly inclusive specialist school that successfully helps pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities re-engage with learning. The school demonstrates exceptional strength in attendance, behaviour, inclusion, and personal development with strong leadership and safeguarding practices.
At a Glance
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Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
80%
Available places
32 pupils
40 capacity
8 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Leeds
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Admissions Demand - Leeds
Places available
9,889
Applications
9,401
Got 1st preference
84.0%
Got preferred school
95.4%
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Pupil Demographics
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