Wetherby High School, Wetherby

In 2026, pupils at Wetherby High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Leeds and 47 across England.

51% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Leeds and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 49.4.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.29: 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 38.6, against 53.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were French, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 141 families put Wetherby High School as their first choice and 490 named it as one of their preferences, for 164 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Wetherby High School are Boston Spa Academy (2.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 54.9); and Tadcaster Grammar School (4.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Wetherby High School.

Wetherby High School is one of 3 schools run by Leeds Learning Alliance, an academy trust.

Of the 124 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 52% to a further education college and 3% into work.

6.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (72%), Mixed (8%) and Asian (7%).

In 2026, 107 pupils (12.9%) received SEN support and 20 (2.4%) 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.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Wetherby High School.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 68 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229).

In 2024/25, Wetherby High School issued 28 suspensions, 3.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Wetherby High School are St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (0.1 miles); Crossley Street Primary School (0.4 miles); St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby (0.5 miles); and Deighton Gates Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.