Mount St Mary's Catholic High School
Ellerby Road, Leeds, LS9 8LA
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mr M Cooper
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (rc)
- Constituency
- Leeds South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 943
- URN
- 108097
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01132455248
About this school
Mount St Mary's Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided secondary school in Leeds. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 943 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Mount St Mary's Catholic High School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 188 | 189 | 190 |
| Attainment 8 score | 49.0 | 51.8 | 49.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.81 +0.60 to +1.03 | +0.86 +0.64 to +1.07 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% | 41.3% | 38.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 68.8% | 64.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 28% | 23.3% | 27.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
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 Mount St Mary's Catholic High 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 | 49 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 51.8 | 39.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 49.6 | 39.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 943 |
| 2023/24 | 942 |
| 2024/25 | 940 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mount St Mary's Catholic High School compares
Mount St Mary's Catholic High School ranked 14th of 42 secondary schools in Leeds for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 74% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49.6 | 4.6% | 45.5% | 943 | — |
| The Ruth Gorse Academy | 49.1 | 6.7% | 52.4% | 1,265 | 0.4 miles |
| University Technical College Leeds | 46.2 | 5.5% | 28% | 546 | 0.5 miles |
| Trinity Academy Leeds | — | 4.9% | 59.6% | 1,182 | 0.7 miles |
| Co-op Academy Leeds | 30.5 | 17% | 62.3% | 974 | 0.7 miles |
| Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy | 35.1 | 12.4% | 40.6% | 784 | 1.7 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)
- 45.53%
- English as an additional language
- 56.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.63%
- Persistent absence
- 9.99%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Ruth Gorse Academy0.4 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
University Technical College Leeds0.5 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
Trinity Academy Leeds0.7 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
Co-op Academy Leeds0.7 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Leeds
Other schools in Leeds
Mount St Mary's Catholic High School ranks 11th of the 33 ranked secondary 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 Mount St Mary's Catholic High School teach?
- Mount St Mary's Catholic High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Leeds.
- Who is the headteacher of Mount St Mary's Catholic High School?
- The headteacher of Mount St Mary's Catholic High School is Mr M Cooper, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Mount St Mary's Catholic High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mount St Mary's Catholic High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Mount St Mary's Catholic High School?
- Mount St Mary's Catholic High School has 943 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Mount St Mary's Catholic High School full?
- Mount St Mary's Catholic High School has capacity for 900 pupils and 943 on roll (105%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Mount St Mary's Catholic High School a faith school?
- Yes. Mount St Mary's Catholic High School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Leeds (rc).
- Is Mount St Mary's Catholic High School a selective school?
- No. Mount St Mary's Catholic High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Mount St Mary's Catholic High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 49 in 2022/23 and 49.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mount St Mary's Catholic High School compare with other schools in Leeds?
- Mount St Mary's Catholic High School ranked 14th of 42 secondary schools in Leeds for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 74% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mount St Mary's Catholic High School's absence rate?
- Mount St Mary's Catholic High School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mount St Mary's Catholic High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mount St Mary's Catholic High 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 29 June 2026.