Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College
Farnley Lane, Otley, LS21 2BB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Sally Bishop
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Prince Henry's Collaborative Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Leeds North West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,606
- Pupils on roll
- 1,641
- URN
- 137704
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01943463524
About this school
Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College is a secondary academy in Otley. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,641 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 277 | 278 | 252 |
| Attainment 8 score | 54.4 | 53.4 | 54.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.36 +0.19 to +0.53 | +0.34 +0.18 to +0.51 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 62% | 62.6% | 61.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78% | 83.5% | 81.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 64% | 62.6% | 64.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
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 Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College 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 | 54.4 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 53.4 | 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 | 8.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,642 |
| 2023/24 | 1,639 |
| 2024/25 | 1,638 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College compares
Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College ranked 8th 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 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54.6 | 6.9% | 15.2% | 1,641 | — |
| St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy | 55 | 7.2% | 7.8% | 1,211 | 2.6 miles |
| Guiseley School | 49.6 | 7% | 15.4% | 1,431 | 3.0 miles |
| Benton Park School | — | — | — | 1,516 | 3.9 miles |
| Ilkley Grammar School | 56.5 | 7.8% | 7.1% | 2,219 | 4.9 miles |
| Immanuel College | 41.9 | 11.9% | 30.5% | 1,732 | 5.1 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.15%
- English as an additional language
- 5.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.93%
- Persistent absence
- 16.65%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy2.6 miles
Secondary · Ilkley
-
Guiseley School3.0 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
Benton Park School3.9 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
Ilkley Grammar School4.9 miles
Secondary · Ilkley
-
Immanuel College5.1 miles
Secondary · Bradford
Other schools in Otley
- Ashfield Primary School Primary
- Askwith Primary School Primary
- Otley All Saints CofE Primary School Primary
- Otley the Whartons Primary School Primary
- Pool-in-Wharfedale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Otley Primary
- Westgate Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College teach?
- Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Otley.
- Who is the headteacher of Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College?
- The headteacher of Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College is Ms Sally Bishop, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College?
- Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College has 1,641 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College full?
- Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College has capacity for 1,606 pupils and 1,641 on roll (102%), 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 Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College a faith school?
- No. Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College has no designated religious character.
- Is Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College a selective school?
- No. Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College?
- Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College is part of COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 54.4 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 Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College rank locally?
- Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College ranked 8th 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 26% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College's absence rate?
- Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College'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.