Co-op Academy Leeds

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Co-op Academy Leeds sits in the middle of the pack among secondary schools in the Leeds local authority, ranking 26th out of 42 schools by Progress 8 score. That places it just above the bottom half of its local peers, with a percentile rank of 62. The top-performing schools in the area are The Ruth Gorse Academy, Allerton High School, and Mount St Mary's Catholic High School, all of which score significantly higher on the same metric. The school is also within half a kilometre of Trinity Academy Leeds, one of 15 outstanding-rated secondaries in the LA. Co-op Academy Leeds itself was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2019. Under headteacher Natalie Jones, the school now holds Good across all five inspection categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and overall effectiveness.

Academically, Co-op Academy Leeds posts a Progress 8 score of -0.03, which is broadly in line with the national average and slightly below the Leeds LA average of 0.07. Its Attainment 8 score sits at 33, and 38.5% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs, with 22.4% reaching the higher grade 5 threshold. The school’s EBacc average point score is 3.16, and 64.4% of pupils entered the EBacc suite of subjects, though only 17.8% achieved a grade 5 or above in those subjects. The Progress 8 banding is rated as Average, and the school’s national percentile rank of 51 places it almost exactly in the middle of all schools in England. In the Yorkshire and the Humber region, it ranks 141st out of 306 schools. The school does not have a sixth form, so pupils move on elsewhere after Year 11.

Co-op Academy Leeds is a large secondary with 969 pupils against a capacity of 1,050, and it is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 420 applications for 194 places, with 98 first-preference offers made. The school serves a high-needs community, with 59% of pupils eligible for free school meals. Its SEND provisions are wide-ranging, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disabilities, and autistic spectrum disorder. Facilities include music rooms, art studios, a sixth form centre, a swimming pool, an astro turf pitch, and a gymnasium. Sports on offer include football, rugby, netball, cricket, tennis, athletics, and martial arts, while clubs range from Model UN and debate to gardening, coding, and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. This is a school that has improved its Ofsted rating and offers solid, broadly average academic outcomes, with strong support for pupils with additional needs.

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