Secondary
John Smeaton Academy
Barwick Road, Leeds, LS15 8TA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 677 of 900 places
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Trust
- THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
14%
29.5
37th of 39 by our score, among the secondary schools in Leeds we can score - 44 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 29.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.57 |
| Entered the EBacc | 58% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 35% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 14% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 23% |
| 22/23 | 23% |
| 23/24 | 27% |
| 24/25 | 14% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.80 |
| 22/23 | -0.85 |
| 23/24 | -0.90 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.8 |
| 22/23 | 34.9 |
| 23/24 | 32.5 |
| 24/25 | 29.5 |
Barwick Road, Leeds, LS15 8TA
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Leeds admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Andrew Moncur
- Address
- Barwick Road, Leeds, LS15 8TA
- Telephone
- 01138313900