Horsforth School, Leeds

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 12 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Horsforth School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 60.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Leeds and 47 across England.

75% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Leeds and 47% in England.

That is up from 57.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.4: 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 47.7, against 62.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were History, Combined Science and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 343 families put Horsforth School as their first choice and 1144 named it as one of their preferences, for 280 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 64 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Horsforth School are Abbey Grange Church of England Academy (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 57.1); Ralph Thoresby School (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.8); Lawnswood School (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.3); and Benton Park School (2 miles, Attainment 8 47.5).

Horsforth School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 225 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 23% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 147 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 58% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 22% into work. 35% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

13.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 10.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (75%), Mixed (6%) and Asian (5%).

In 2026, 307 pupils (16.7%) received SEN support and 31 (1.7%) 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 Horsforth Rail Station, about 900 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Horsforth School (at), 250 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 139 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229).

In 2024/25, Horsforth School issued 63 suspensions, 3.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Horsforth School are St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (0.2 miles); Broadgate Primary School (0.3 miles); Westbrook Lane Primary School (0.4 miles); and St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Horsforth (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.