Foundation school

Wetherby High School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formLeeds, Yorkshire and the Humber · Wetherby LS22 6JSTrust: Leeds Learning AllianceSchool website
Pupils on roll
828of 850 places
Free school meals
27.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
130
Ofsted
School remains Good, 21 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Wetherby High School has no sixth form. Of the 133 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 5% moved to a sixth form college, 46% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.

French is unusually popular at GCSE: 87% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.

10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.4 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Leeds, with 53% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Leeds and England.

Wetherby High School
Leeds
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureWetherby High SchoolLeedsEngland
Pupils in the cohort1339,144607,348
Any sustained destination89%89%92%
Stayed in education80%84%86%
— school sixth form30%32%34%
— sixth form college5%14%13%
— further education college46%36%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship5%3%3%
Employment5%2%3%
No sustained destination10%7%6%
Destination unknown1%4%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureWetherby High SchoolLeedsEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)49.445.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths53%47%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects85%50%41%
EBacc average point score4.654.114.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort25%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils35.733.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils54.051.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language9%20%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics12999%88%32%22%79%
English Language12999%89%22%20%71%
English Literature12798%86%24%21%76%
French11387%18%12%29%64%
Combined Science9674%65%11%9%64%
History7356%41%30%26%75%
Geography5240%41%27%25%67%
Food Preparation and Nutrition4837%8%4%21%48%
Fine Art3023%9%30%28%93%
Chemistry3023%23%47%47%100%
Biology3023%23%43%45%97%
Physics3023%23%43%46%100%
Photography2922%6%21%19%66%
Design and Technology2620%11%50%23%96%
Music1713%5%24%33%65%
Computer Science1612%13%50%30%81%
Drama1411%7%7%27%86%
Polish11%1%84%
Chinese11%1%75%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies47

Other secondary schools in Leeds

Allerton Grange School

Community school · sixth form · 1,782 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.2

Allerton High School

Community school · sixth form · 1,764 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.3

Benton Park School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,516 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7

Boston Spa Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,498 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.6

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.