The Morley Academy
Fountain Street, Morley, Leeds, LS27 0PD
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Matthew Turton
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The GORSE Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Leeds South West and Morley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,555
- Pupils on roll
- 1,410
- URN
- 136392
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01132532952
About this school
The Morley Academy is a secondary academy in Leeds. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,410 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Morley Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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 | 279 | 291 | 273 |
| Attainment 8 score | 58.2 | 53.8 | 54.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.83 +0.66 to +1.00 | +0.56 +0.39 to +0.73 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 65% | 55.7% | 60.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 83% | 81.1% | 76.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 50% | 88.7% | 88.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
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 The Morley Academy 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 | 58.2 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 53.8 | 39.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 54.6 | 39.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,429 |
| 2023/24 | 1,431 |
| 2024/25 | 1,422 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Morley Academy compares
The Morley Academy ranked 9th of 42 secondary schools in Leeds for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 86% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54.6 | 7.1% | 22.2% | 1,410 | — |
| Bruntcliffe Academy | 46 | 9.7% | 26.1% | 1,361 | 0.6 miles |
| Woodkirk Academy | 52.8 | 7.2% | 20.6% | 1,769 | 1.2 miles |
| Batley Girls' High School | 46.9 | 9.8% | 31.1% | 1,415 | 1.7 miles |
| Upper Batley High School | 44.1 | 8.8% | 28.3% | 784 | 1.9 miles |
| Cockburn School | 49.1 | 8.2% | 38.9% | 1,248 | 2.3 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)
- 22.22%
- English as an additional language
- 12.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.1%
- Persistent absence
- 18.64%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bruntcliffe Academy0.6 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
Woodkirk Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Wakefield
-
Batley Girls' High School1.7 miles
Secondary · Batley
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Upper Batley High School1.9 miles
Secondary · Batley
-
Cockburn School2.3 miles
Secondary · Leeds
Other schools in Leeds
The Morley Academy ranks 6th 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 The Morley Academy teach?
- The Morley Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Leeds.
- Who is the principal of The Morley Academy?
- The principal of The Morley Academy is Mr Matthew Turton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Morley Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Morley Academy, 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 The Morley Academy?
- The Morley Academy has 1,410 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Morley Academy full?
- The Morley Academy has capacity for 1,555 pupils and 1,410 on roll (91%), so it has space against 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 The Morley Academy a faith school?
- No. The Morley Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is The Morley Academy a selective school?
- No. The Morley Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is The Morley Academy part of an academy trust?
- The Morley Academy is part of THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Morley Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 58.2 in 2022/23 and 54.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Morley Academy compare with other schools in Leeds?
- The Morley Academy ranked 9th of 42 secondary schools in Leeds for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 86% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Morley Academy's absence rate?
- The Morley Academy's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Morley Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Morley Academy'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 1 July 2026.