Leeds East Academy, Leeds

In 2026, pupils at Leeds East Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 31.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Leeds and 47 across England.

21% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Leeds and 47% in England.

That is down from 32.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.87: pupils made well 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 27.2, against 38.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 101 families put Leeds East Academy as their first choice and 276 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 Leeds East Academy are Bishop Young Church of England Academy (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.4); John Smeaton Academy (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.9); Temple Moor High School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44); and Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy (1.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 37.3).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Leeds East Academy.

Leeds East Academy is one of 4 schools run by White Rose Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.9 in 2024/25.

71 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Leeds East Academy (as of September 2025): 49% would recommend the school, 54% say their child is happy there and 30% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (70%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (30%).

Of the 221 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 75% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 55% to a further education college and 4% into work.

59.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 251 pupils (26%) received SEN support and 37 (3.8%) 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.

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

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Foundry Mill Street, 180 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Leeds East 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 499 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, Leeds East Academy issued 655 suspensions, 64.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Leeds East Academy are Parklands Primary School (0.2 miles), Beechwood Primary School (0.3 miles), St Theresa's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles) and Seacroft Grange Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.