Roundhay School, Leeds

In 2026, pupils at Roundhay School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 56.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Leeds and 47 across England.

65% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Leeds and 47% in England.

That is up from 55.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.72: 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 45.2, against 59.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 29 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 444 families put Roundhay School as their first choice and 1523 named it as one of their preferences, for 232 places offered. That is 1.9 first choices for every place. 216 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Roundhay School are Allerton Grange School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.2); Dixons Trinity Chapeltown (1.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 45.8); Carr Manor Community School (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.1); and Bishop Young Church of England Academy (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.4).

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

Of the 299 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 21% to a further education college, 0% to an apprenticeship and 0% into work.

Of the 303 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 63% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 15% into work. 29% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 240 pupils (9.4%) received SEN support and 75 (2.9%) 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 Leeds Rail Station, about 2.7 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Gledhow Lane, 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Roundhay School 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 352 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Roundhay School issued 65 suspensions, 2.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Roundhay School are Kerr Mackie Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Gledhow Primary School (0.3 miles), Moor Allerton Hall Primary School (0.7 miles) and Roundhay St John's Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.