Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College, Otley

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am delighted to welcome you to Prince Henry's Grammar School, a thriving and successful secondary school in the heart of Otley, with over 1,600 students. We are a school with high expectations and our standards are just as important as our moral values and inclusive ethos, which permeate the whole school, academically and personally."

In 2026, pupils at Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Leeds and 47 across England.

57% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Leeds and 47% in England.

That is down from 54.6 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 35.1, against 54.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 19.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 28 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 304 families put Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College as their first choice and 940 named it as one of their preferences, for 249 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 60 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College are St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy (2.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 56.6); Guiseley School (3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53); Benton Park School (3.9 miles, Attainment 8 47.5); and Ralph Thoresby School (5.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.8).

Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College is one of 9 schools run by Collaborative Learning Trust, an academy trust.

258 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College (as of September 2025): 90% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 68% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (93%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (68%).

Of the 278 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 23% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 169 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 55% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 27% into work. 34% 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 5.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 244 pupils (14.9%) received SEN support and 32 (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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Menston Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Farnley Lane Prince Henry Grammar Sch (at), 180 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 90 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229).

In 2024/25, Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College issued 102 suspensions, 6.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College are Otley the Whartons Primary School (0.4 miles); St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Otley (0.5 miles); Ashfield Primary School (0.6 miles); and Westgate Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.