Crawshaw Academy
Robin Lane, Pudsey, LS28 9HU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- RED KITE LEARNING TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Iain Addison
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Red Kite Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Leeds West and Pudsey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,125
- Pupils on roll
- 1,052
- URN
- 138304
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01135323810
About this school
Crawshaw Academy is a secondary academy in Pudsey. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,052 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. 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 195 | 222 | 220 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.5 | 42.9 | 45.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.48 -0.68 to -0.28 | -0.59 -0.78 to -0.40 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 43.2% | 45.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 62.6% | 65.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 10% | 14.9% | 9.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
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 Crawshaw 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 | 43.5 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42.9 | 39.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.2 | 39.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,118 |
| 2023/24 | 1,120 |
| 2024/25 | 1,109 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Crawshaw Academy compares
Crawshaw Academy ranked 27th of 42 secondary schools in Leeds for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.2 | 9.1% | 24.8% | 1,052 | — |
| Pudsey Grammar School | 44 | 10.1% | 25.3% | 1,358 | 0.5 miles |
| Leeds West Academy | 41.7 | 13.1% | 41.8% | 1,432 | 1.5 miles |
| The Farnley Academy | 49.1 | 8.7% | 33.2% | 1,492 | 1.6 miles |
| Co-op Academy Priesthorpe | 41.1 | 10.1% | 39% | 1,013 | 1.8 miles |
| Dixons Unity Academy | 36 | 12.8% | 55.7% | 907 | 2.0 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)
- 24.8%
- English as an additional language
- 6.8%
- Overall absence
- 9.1%
- Persistent absence
- 24.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Pudsey Grammar School0.5 miles
Secondary · Pudsey
-
Leeds West Academy1.5 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
The Farnley Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
Co-op Academy Priesthorpe1.8 miles
Secondary · Pudsey
-
Dixons Unity Academy2.0 miles
Secondary · Leeds
Other schools in Pudsey
- Co-op Academy Priesthorpe Secondary
- Pudsey Grammar School Secondary
- Calverley Parkside Primary School Primary
- Farsley Farfield Primary School Primary
- Farsley Springbank Primary School Primary
- Greenside Primary School Primary
- Lowtown Primary School Primary
- Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School Primary
- Pudsey Waterloo Primary Primary
- Southroyd Primary and Nursery School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- Stanningley Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Crawshaw Academy teach?
- Crawshaw Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Pudsey.
- Who is the principal of Crawshaw Academy?
- The principal of Crawshaw Academy is Mr Iain Addison, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Crawshaw Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crawshaw 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 big is Crawshaw Academy?
- Crawshaw Academy has 1,052 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Crawshaw Academy full?
- Crawshaw Academy has capacity for 1,125 pupils and 1,052 on roll (94%), 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 Crawshaw Academy a faith school?
- No. Crawshaw Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Crawshaw Academy a selective school?
- No. Crawshaw Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Crawshaw Academy?
- Crawshaw Academy is part of RED KITE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Crawshaw Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.5 in 2022/23 and 45.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Crawshaw Academy rank locally?
- Crawshaw Academy ranked 27th of 42 secondary schools in Leeds for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Crawshaw Academy's absence rate?
- Crawshaw Academy's overall absence rate is 9.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Crawshaw Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Crawshaw 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.