Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Leeds
Tongue Lane, Leeds, LS6 4QE
84
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
78%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.4%
13.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
916
Capacity used
Over capacity102%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
78%
1st preference success rate
171 of 218 families who put it first got an offer
181
Places offered
667
Total applications
3.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 218 | 171 | ● 78% |
| 2nd preference | 150 | 8 | ● 5% |
| 3rd preference | 107 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 192 | 2 | ● 1% |
| Total | 667 | 181 | 27% |
1st preference success by year
Leeds lets families list 5 preferences. 1 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
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Dominic Kelly
- Address
- Tongue Lane, Meanwood, Leeds, LS6 4QE
- Phone
- 01138873240
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Ward / constituency
- Moortown · Leeds North East
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 108095
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 21% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 23% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
916 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
08 February 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 929 pupils
Attendance
94.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
13.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.9%
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 | 59.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.66 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 69% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 88% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.08 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 58 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 73.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 82.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 44% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.13 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 175 | — |
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.
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 | 174 | 30% | 75% | 85% | |
| English Language | 174 | 36% | 74% | 86% | |
| Religious Studies | 172 | 50% | 85% | 92% | |
| English Literature | 172 | 33% | 80% | 94% | |
| Combined Science | 114 | 7% | 51% | 75% | |
| History | 111 | 42% | 69% | 81% | |
| Geography | 75 | 37% | 80% | 88% | |
| Spanish | 71 | 48% | 79% | 86% | |
| Biology | 58 | 52% | 98% | 100% | |
| Physics | 58 | 43% | 95% | 97% | |
| Chemistry | 58 | 52% | 97% | 100% | |
| Business | 31 | 23% | 68% | 77% |
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.