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Schools in the Leeds local authority

Leeds has 309 schools listed on OfferDay across 11 towns.

223 primary schools · 41 secondary schools · 4 all-through schools · 5 sixth forms and colleges · 21 special and alternative provision schools · 10 independent schools · 5 other establishments

About schools in Leeds

Most of the 309 schools listed in Leeds are primary schools. Its 41 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. The area also has four all-through schools, which teach every age from the early years to school-leaving age on one site.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
61%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 224 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
45.6
average Attainment 8 score, across the 50 schools with published results

Top schools in Leeds

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Harewood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 100%
  2. 2 Shire Oak VC Primary School 93%
  3. 3 Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School 93%
  4. 4 St Francis Catholic Primary School, Morley 91%
  5. 5 Meanwood Church of England Primary School 90%
  6. 6 West End Primary School 90%
  7. 7 Wigton Moor Primary School 90%
  8. 8 Tranmere Park Primary School 88%

Secondary

  1. 1 Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School 58.0
  2. 2 Horsforth School 57.3
  3. 3 Abbey Grange Church of England Academy 55.9
  4. 4 Boston Spa Academy 55.6
  5. 5 Leeds Jewish Free School 55.2
  6. 6 Roundhay School 55.1
  7. 7 St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy 55.0
  8. 8 Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College 54.6

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Leeds.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Leeds

How many schools are in Leeds?
OfferDay lists 309 schools in Leeds, including 223 primary schools and 41 secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Leeds?
Every school in Leeds is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
Which are the best schools in Leeds?
OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Leeds does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
How many towns are in the Leeds local authority?
OfferDay groups the Leeds schools across eleven towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.