Benton Park School
Harrogate Road, Rawdon, Leeds, LS19 6LX
This school is closed (it closed in July 2025).
It was replaced by Benton Park School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Nicholas Skilton
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Leeds North West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,680
- Pupils on roll
- 1,488
- URN
- 108083
- Local authority
- Leeds
About this school
Benton Park School was a community secondary school in Leeds. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,488 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Benton Park School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 226 | 225 | 226 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.4 | 46.8 | 45.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.25 -0.44 to -0.07 | -0.15 -0.34 to +0.04 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 47.1% | 44.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% | 66.7% | 64.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 20% | 25.3% | 25.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Benton Park School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leeds average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45.4 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46.8 | 39.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.7 | 39.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,544 |
| 2023/24 | 1,519 |
| 2024/25 | 1,488 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Benton Park School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 60% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.7 | 7.6% | 17.7% | 1,488 | — |
| Benton Park School | — | — | — | 1,516 | 0.0 miles |
| Guiseley School | 49.6 | 7% | 15.4% | 1,431 | 1.7 miles |
| Horsforth School | 57.3 | 5.1% | 15.9% | 1,837 | 2.0 miles |
| Immanuel College | 41.9 | 11.9% | 30.5% | 1,732 | 2.1 miles |
| St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy | 55 | 7.2% | 7.8% | 1,211 | 2.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.66%
- English as an additional language
- 6.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.6%
- Persistent absence
- 19.22%
Location
Nearby schools
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Benton Park School0.0 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
Guiseley School1.7 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
Horsforth School2.0 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
Immanuel College2.1 miles
Secondary · Bradford
-
St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy2.5 miles
Secondary · Ilkley
Other schools in Leeds
- Abbey Grange Church of England Academy Secondary
- Allerton Grange School Secondary
- Allerton High School Secondary
- Benton Park School Secondary
- Bishop Young Church of England Academy Secondary
- Bruntcliffe Academy Secondary
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Secondary
- Co-op Academy Leeds Secondary
- Cockburn John Charles Academy Secondary
- Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy Secondary
- Cockburn School Secondary
- Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Benton Park School teach?
- Benton Park School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Leeds.
- Has Benton Park School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Benton Park School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Benton Park School?
- Benton Park School had 1,488 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Benton Park School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.4 in 2022/23 and 45.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Benton Park School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Benton Park School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 31 July 2025.