Temple Learning Academy
Neville Road, Leeds, LS15 0NN
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- RED KITE LEARNING TRUST
- Co-Principal
- Mr Stuart Huddleston
- Sponsor
- Red Kite Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Leeds South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,020
- Pupils on roll
- 918
- URN
- 141883
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01132645456
About this school
Temple Learning Academy is an all-through academy in Leeds. It teaches children aged 4 to 16 and has 918 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 61 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 29% | 25% | 23% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 40% | 43% | 55% |
| Expected standard in maths | 32% | 33% | 35% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 48% | 49% | 42% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 98.0 | 98.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 96.0 | 96.0 | 97.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 117 | 117 | 117 |
| Attainment 8 score | 27.7 | 29.1 | 33.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.63 -0.90 to -0.36 | -0.63 -0.90 to -0.35 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 16% | 18.8% | 28.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 27% | 35.9% | 41% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 7% | 16.2% | 23.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
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 Temple Learning 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 | 29% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 25% | 59.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 23% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Leeds average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 27.7 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 29.1 | 39.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 33.7 | 39.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 15.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 15.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 969 |
| 2023/24 | 960 |
| 2024/25 | 964 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Temple Learning Academy compares
Temple Learning Academy ranked 39th of 42 secondary schools in Leeds for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 25% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33.7 | 12.9% | 55% | 918 | — |
| Dixons Trinity Chapeltown | 46.6 | 8.4% | 46.3% | 960 | 2.4 miles |
| Roundhay School | 55.1 | 6% | 18.5% | 2,554 | 2.7 miles |
| Carr Manor Community School | 48.8 | 8.1% | 28.6% | 1,541 | 3.9 miles |
| Batley Grammar School | 45.5 | 8.4% | 29.5% | 980 | 8.2 miles |
| Bradford Academy | 33.1 | 13.6% | 54.9% | 1,549 | 10.4 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
-
Graded inspection report25 November 2025
- 19 September 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 54.98%
- English as an additional language
- 28.1%
- Overall absence
- 12.87%
- Persistent absence
- 37.23%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dixons Trinity Chapeltown2.4 miles
All-through · Leeds
-
Roundhay School2.7 miles
All-through · Leeds
-
Carr Manor Community School3.9 miles
All-through · Leeds
-
Batley Grammar School8.2 miles
All-through · Batley
-
Bradford Academy10.4 miles
All-through · Bradford
Other schools in Leeds
Temple Learning Academy ranks 181st of the 182 ranked primary schools in Leeds, and Temple Learning Academy ranks 30th of the 33 ranked secondary schools in Leeds.
- Carr Manor Community School All-through
- Dixons Trinity Chapeltown All-through
- Roundhay School All-through
- Aberford Church of England Primary School Primary
- Adel Primary School Primary
- Adel St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School Primary
- Alder Tree Primary Academy Primary
- All Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary School Primary
- Allerton CofE Primary School Primary
- Alwoodley Primary School Primary
- Armley Park Primary School Primary
- Asquith Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Temple Learning Academy teach?
- Temple Learning Academy teaches children aged 4 to 16. It is an all-through school in Leeds.
- Who is the co-principal of Temple Learning Academy?
- The co-principal of Temple Learning Academy is Mr Stuart Huddleston, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Temple Learning Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Temple Learning 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 Temple Learning Academy?
- Temple Learning Academy has 918 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- Is Temple Learning Academy full?
- Temple Learning Academy has capacity for 1,020 pupils and 918 on roll (90%), 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 Temple Learning Academy a faith school?
- No. Temple Learning Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Temple Learning Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Temple Learning Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Temple Learning Academy?
- Temple Learning 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 Temple Learning Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 29% in 2022/23 and 23% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Temple Learning Academy rank locally?
- Temple Learning Academy ranked 39th of 42 secondary schools in Leeds for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 25% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Temple Learning Academy's absence rate?
- Temple Learning Academy's overall absence rate is 12.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Temple Learning Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Temple Learning 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 2 July 2026.