St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy is a state-funded secondary school in Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, for pupils aged 11 to 18 for boys and girls. DfE data records 1,211 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 1,096.
The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Outstanding (4 Feb 2025). The published Attainment 8 score was 55.0 for 2024/25. The published A-level average grade was C+ for 2024/25. Admissions data records 179 first-preference applications and 201 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.
Reporting periods vary by source — Methodology.
School admissions data, what the Ofsted report means for you, and how it compares to nearby schools.
Not judged
Based on 4 Feb 2025 · Legacy grading · Open inspection report ↗
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour & attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership & management | Outstanding |
| Sixth-form provision | Outstanding |
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Outstanding |
| Leadership & management | Outstanding |
| Sixth-form provision | Good |
Published 11 Mar 2025.
Ofsted legacy grades; compare inspection dates and frameworks.
Distance unavailable; check admission criteria with the school or council.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| School’s local authority | Leeds |
| Applications open | Usually 1 September 2026 |
| Application deadline | 31 October 2026 |
| National offer day | 1 March 2027 |
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Offers made on National Offer Day | 201 |
| First-preference applications | 179 |
| Applications (all preferences) | 892 |
| First-preference offers | 170 |
Source: Published admissions data; follow each measure’s labelled basis, including all preferences where shown.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average score) | 55 |
| English & maths: grades 9–4 | 80.2% |
| English & maths: grades 9–5 | 59.9% |
| EBacc entry | 74.5% |
| EBacc grades 9–4 | 52.1% |
| EBacc grades 9–5 | 39.6% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.1 |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 34.07 |
| Best three A-levels: average points | 35.89 |
| Value added | 0.09 |
| Value added: lower confidence limit | -0.04 |
| Value added: upper confidence limit | 0.22 |
| AAB or higher (including two facilitating subjects) | 12.5% |
| Pupils | 93 |
| Average grade | C+ |
| Best three A-levels: average grade | B- |
| Published progress band | Average |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
| Destination | Pupils |
|---|---|
| This school’s sixth form | 61.4% |
| Sixth-form college | 10.4% |
| Further education college | 17.3% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% |
| Employment | 0.5% |
| Not sustained | 1.5% |
| Unknown | 2% |
Cohort: 202 pupils · Sustained education or employment: 96.5%
DfE destinations follow school leavers, not current pupils.
| Destination | Pupils |
|---|---|
| Higher education | 70.7% |
| Further education | 1.7% |
| Other education | 1.7% |
| Apprenticeship | 0.9% |
| Employment | 19.8% |
| Not sustained | 2.6% |
| Unknown | 2.6% |
Cohort: 116 pupils · Sustained education or employment: 94.8%
DfE destinations follow school leavers, not current pupils.
2024/25 · Published entries
DfE subject entries; pupils may take multiple subjects.
17.9 pupils per qualified teacher
2025/26 · Full-time equivalent teachers, not class size.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Authorised absence2024/25 | 5.8% |
| Unauthorised absence2024/25 | 1.35% |
| Group | Pupils |
|---|---|
| White British | 82% |
| White other | 7.9% |
| Mixed | 5.4% |
| Asian | 2% |
| Black | 1.9% |
| Other | 0.5% |
DfE school, census, workforce, absence and exclusion data; periods vary, and missing values are not zero.
DfE data; confirm current support with the school's SENCO.
70% would recommend this school
301 responses · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Happy at school | 78% |
| Feels safe | 83% |
| Well behaved pupils | 75% |
| Bullying dealt with | 17% |
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Aware of curriculum | 72% |
| Concerns dealt with | 41% |
| SEND support | 50% |
| High expectations | 83% |
| Child does well | 78% |
| Progress updates | 77% |
| Subject range | 76% |
| Clubs & activities | 88% |
| Personal development | 69% |
View the Ofsted dataset: voluntary responses may not represent all families; separate from Classpot reviews.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Teaching hours | 08:50 – 14:40 |
Source: School website · checked 2026-05-19; confirm current arrangements.
Check the school website for term dates, holidays and INSET days.
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