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Temple Learning Academy

Mixed · ages 4–16 · no sixth formLeeds, Yorkshire and the Humber · Leeds LS15 0NNTrust: Red Kite Learning TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
918of 1,020 places
Free school meals
54.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
117
Ofsted
Report card, 25 November 2025Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Needs attentionLeadership and governance Needs attentionPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says

Temple Learning Academy has no sixth form. Of the 117 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 12% moved to a sixth form college, 56% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 33.7 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Leeds, with 28% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

12% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 3% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

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.

Temple Learning Academy
Leeds
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureTemple Learning AcademyLeedsEngland
Pupils in the cohort1179,144607,348
Any sustained destination71%89%92%
Stayed in education68%84%86%
— school sixth form0%32%34%
— sixth form college12%14%13%
— further education college56%36%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship1%3%3%
Employment3%2%3%
No sustained destination12%7%6%
Destination unknown17%4%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureTemple Learning AcademyLeedsEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)33.745.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths28%47%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths41%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects23%50%41%
EBacc average point score2.944.114.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort60%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils25.133.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils46.451.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language33%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 Language11094%89%11%20%54%
Mathematics10892%88%10%22%47%
English Literature10691%86%10%21%61%
Combined Science7463%65%3%9%31%
Geography4841%41%15%25%54%
History4135%41%2%26%49%
Biology3026%23%17%45%73%
Chemistry2925%23%14%47%72%
Physics2925%23%17%46%72%
Spanish2421%19%33%27%75%
Art and Design2118%7%0%24%19%
Religious Studies2017%31%5%32%50%
Chinese11%1%75%
French11%18%29%
German11%5%33%
Italian11%0%53%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Hospitality / Catering Studies53
Health Studies46
Sports Studies36
Music performance: Group22
Speech and Drama14

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.