Sherburn High School, Leeds

From the headteacher's welcome: "Sherburn is an 11-18 comprehensive school with nearly 1,000 students, and I am immensely proud to serve as its Headteacher. It is a great honour to lead such a well-established, caring and inclusive school community as part of the Yorkshire Learning Trust."

In 2026, pupils at Sherburn High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.2 in North Yorkshire and 47 across England.

56% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in North Yorkshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 51.3.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.51: 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 36.6, against 55.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 18.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 173 families put Sherburn High School as their first choice and 268 named it as one of their preferences, for 179 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 Sherburn High School are Airedale Academy (5.3 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 39.4); and Castleford Academy (5.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 46.8).

Sherburn High School's 2026 results were higher than all 2 of them.

Sherburn High School is one of 17 schools run by Yorkshire Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 133 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 44% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 39 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 51% went on to university or other higher education, 13% to apprenticeships and 18% into work. 26% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

16.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 119 pupils (12.5%) received SEN support and 22 (2.3%) 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 South Milford Rail Station, about 1020 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sherburn High School (adjacent), 240 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 48 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Yorkshire (9), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Sherburn High School issued 193 suspensions, 21.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Sherburn High School are Sherburn in Elmet, Athelstan Community Primary School (0.3 miles); Sherburn Hungate Primary School (0.7 miles); and South Milford Primary School (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.