Community special school

Broomfield South SILC

Mixed · ages 2–19 · with sixth formLeeds, Yorkshire and the Humber · Leeds LS10 3JPSchool website
Pupils on roll
289of 306 places
Free school meals
54.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
14
Ofsted
School remains Good, 8 March 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 23 pupils who finished Year 11 at Broomfield South SILC in 2023, 0% stayed on in Broomfield South SILC’s own sixth form (Leeds average 32%), 13% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Broomfield South SILC is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 1.1, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

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.

Broomfield South SILC
Leeds
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureBroomfield South SILCLeedsEngland
Pupils in the cohort239,144607,348
Any sustained destination96%89%92%
Stayed in education96%84%86%
— school sixth form0%32%34%
— sixth form college0%14%13%
— further education college13%36%37%
— other education83%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination4%7%6%
Destination unknown0%4%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureBroomfield South SILCLeedsEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)1.145.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%47%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%50%41%
EBacc average point score0.024.114.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort79%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils33.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils51.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language7%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
English Language214%89%20%
Art and Design17%7%24%
English Literature17%86%21%
Mathematics17%88%22%

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.