Pudsey Grammar School
Secondary · Foundation school · Mixed · Leeds
Mount Pleasant Road, Pudsey, LS28 7ND
65
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
63%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
89.9%
25.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,358
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,370 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
63%
1st preference success rate
220 of 351 families who put it first got an offer
222
Places offered
866
Total applications
3.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 351 | 220 | ● 63% |
| 2nd preference | 274 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 122 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 119 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 866 | 222 | 26% |
1st preference success by year
Leeds lets families list 5 preferences. 25 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- M McKelvie
- Address
- Mount Pleasant Road, Pudsey, LS28 7ND
- Phone
- 01132558277
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Ward / constituency
- Pudsey · Leeds West and Pudsey
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 108079
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 24% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 18% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: 21st Century Learning Partnership
1,358 pupils · 1,370 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
18 April 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,148 pupils
Attendance
89.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
25.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
7.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 45.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.12 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 39% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 60% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.12 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 28.29 | — | — |
Average grade: C- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 42.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 38.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.86 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 225 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 31.78 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 11.1% | 17% |
| A-level students | 76 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 225 | 20% | 47% | 68% | |
| English Language | 224 | 24% | 50% | 67% | |
| English Literature | 200 | 18% | 56% | 75% | |
| Combined Science | 178 | 8% | 33% | 52% | |
| History | 146 | 29% | 51% | 62% | |
| Art and Design | 89 | 17% | 60% | 76% | |
| Geography | 78 | 35% | 58% | 71% | |
| Business | 47 | 26% | 49% | 70% | |
| Spanish | 44 | 14% | 34% | 64% | |
| Biology | 36 | 33% | 78% | 83% | |
| Physics | 30 | 63% | 93% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 30 | 37% | 97% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History | 27 | 7% | 15% | 44% | |
| Mathematics | 27 | 0% | 22% | 33% | |
| Business Studies | 17 | 12% | 35% | 65% | |
| English Literature | 14 | 0% | 14% | 57% | |
| Physics | 13 | 0% | 15% | 54% | |
| Biology | 12 | 0% | 0% | 33% | |
| Chemistry | 8 | 0% | 13% | 25% | |
| Geography | 8 | 0% | 0% | 50% | |
| Psychology | 7 | 0% | 0% | 29% | |
| English Language | 7 | 0% | 0% | 43% | |
| Photography | 6 | 0% | 67% | 83% | |
| Computer Science | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 13558: Pudsey Grammar School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 50% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 14% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 52% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Leeds council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.