Garforth Academy, Leeds

In 2026, pupils at Garforth Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Leeds and 47 across England.

62% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Leeds and 47% in England.

That is down from 53.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.34: pupils made 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 33.6, against 54.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 20.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 30 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 298 families put Garforth Academy as their first choice and 713 named it as one of their preferences, for 300 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Garforth Academy are Brigshaw High School (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.5); John Smeaton Academy (2.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.9); Temple Moor High School (2.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44); and Leeds East Academy (3.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 31.4).

Garforth Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Garforth Academy is one of 64 schools run by Delta Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.1 in 2024/25.

286 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Garforth Academy (as of September 2025): 77% would recommend the school, 83% say their child is happy there and 60% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (85%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (60%).

Of the 298 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 25% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 0% into work.

Of the 182 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 46% went on to university or other higher education, 12% to apprenticeships and 34% into work. 24% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

15.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 107 pupils (5.6%) received SEN support and 23 (1.2%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Garforth Academy has a SEN unit for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, physical disability, moderate learning difficulties and severe learning difficulties: 50 places, 50 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Garforth Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Scholars Gate (w bound), 140 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 48 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229).

In 2024/25, Garforth Academy issued 343 suspensions, 18.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Garforth Academy are Strawberry Fields Primary School (0.2 miles), Ninelands Primary School (0.6 miles), St Benedict's Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles) and Kippax North Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.