Mount St Mary's Catholic High School, Leeds

In 2026, pupils at Mount St Mary's Catholic High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Leeds and 47 across England.

50% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Leeds and 47% in England.

That is up from 49.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.86: pupils made well 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 46.1, against 61.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 201 families put Mount St Mary's Catholic High School as their first choice and 718 named it as one of their preferences, for 188 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 46 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Mount St Mary's Catholic High School are The Ruth Gorse Academy (0.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51.4); University Technical College Leeds (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.7); Trinity Academy Leeds (0.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 55.4); and Co-op Academy Leeds (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 27.9).

Mount St Mary's Catholic High School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

91 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Mount St Mary's Catholic High School (as of September 2025): 99% would recommend the school, 99% say their child is happy there and 77% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (77%).

Of the 189 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 32% to a further education college and 1% into work.

47.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 57.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (54%), White British (17%) and Asian (8%).

In 2026, 138 pupils (14.6%) received SEN support and 10 (1.1%) 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 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bow Street, 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Mount St Mary's Catholic High School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 1428 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, Mount St Mary's Catholic High School issued 106 suspensions, 11.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Mount St Mary's Catholic High School are Richmond Hill Academy (0.3 miles), All Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles), Ebor Gardens Primary Academy (0.5 miles) and St Peter's Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.