Abbey Grange Church of England Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,576 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9
Academy special sponsor led
Springwell Leeds Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 356of 200 places
- Free school meals
- 75.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 53
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 26 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Elmete Wood - BESD SILC (Behaviour, Emotional, Social Difficulties Specialist Learning Centre) (URN 108129, until 2 February 2016).
What the data says
Springwell Leeds Academy has no sixth form. Of the 56 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 50% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 2.1 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Leeds, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
21% 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: none took an apprenticeship and none 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Springwell Leeds Academy | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 56 | 9,144 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 55% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 55% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 32% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| — further education college | 50% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 5% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 21% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 23% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Springwell Leeds Academy | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 2.1 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 50% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.11 | 4.11 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 79% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 2.0 | 33.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 2.2 | 51.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 72 | 100% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 6% |
| English Language | 45 | 85% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| Combined Science | 1 | 2% | 65% | — | 9% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 5 | — | — |
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
Bishop Young Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led · 777 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.9
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.