Abbey Grange Church of England Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,576 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9
Academy sponsor led
Bruntcliffe Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,361of 1,400 places
- Free school meals
- 25.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 276
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 26 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bruntcliffe School (URN 108086, until 29 April 2015).
What the data says
Bruntcliffe Academy has no sixth form. Of the 180 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 11% moved to a sixth form college, 42% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 21% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.0 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Leeds, with 45% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Bruntcliffe Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Bruntcliffe Academy | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 180 | 9,144 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 29% | 32% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 11% | 14% | 13% |
| — further education college | 42% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Bruntcliffe Academy | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.0 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 74% | 50% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.06 | 4.11 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 27% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.5 | 33.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.3 | 51.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 276 | 100% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 72% |
| Mathematics | 275 | 100% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 71% |
| English Literature | 263 | 95% | 86% | 19% | 21% | 76% |
| Citizenship Studies | 263 | 95% | 3% | 14% | 19% | 66% |
| Combined Science | 244 | 88% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 51% |
| History | 173 | 63% | 41% | 28% | 26% | 66% |
| Spanish | 94 | 34% | 19% | 7% | 27% | 49% |
| Geography | 83 | 30% | 41% | 16% | 25% | 55% |
| French | 78 | 28% | 18% | 5% | 29% | 45% |
| Fine Art | 59 | 21% | 9% | 34% | 28% | 85% |
| Drama | 40 | 14% | 7% | 18% | 27% | 57% |
| Chinese | 33 | 12% | 1% | 21% | 75% | 82% |
| Photography | 32 | 12% | 6% | 19% | 19% | 91% |
| Biology | 31 | 11% | 23% | 45% | 45% | 90% |
| Religious Studies | 30 | 11% | 31% | 30% | 32% | 77% |
| Chemistry | 29 | 11% | 23% | 45% | 47% | 97% |
| Physics | 29 | 11% | 23% | 52% | 46% | 97% |
| Computer Science | 28 | 10% | 13% | 18% | 30% | 57% |
| Polish | 4 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Japanese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Business Studies | 1 | 0% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 104 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 81 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 56 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 21 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 18 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 11 | — | — |
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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.