Bruntcliffe Academy
Bruntcliffe Lane, Morley, Leeds, LS27 0LZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Ms Pascoe Gill
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- The GORSE Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Leeds South West and Morley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,400
- Pupils on roll
- 1,361
- URN
- 142056
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01132523225
About this school
Bruntcliffe Academy is a secondary academy in Leeds. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,361 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 180 | 247 | 276 |
| Attainment 8 score | 50.0 | 48.2 | 46.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.66 +0.44 to +0.87 | +0.34 +0.16 to +0.53 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 49.8% | 44.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% | 72.1% | 66.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 51% | 70.9% | 73.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
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 Bruntcliffe 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 | 50 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 48.2 | 39.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46 | 39.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,273 |
| 2023/24 | 1,365 |
| 2024/25 | 1,374 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bruntcliffe Academy compares
Bruntcliffe Academy ranked 25th of 42 secondary schools in Leeds for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46 | 9.7% | 26.1% | 1,361 | — |
| The Morley Academy | 54.6 | 7.1% | 22.2% | 1,410 | 0.6 miles |
| Batley Girls' High School | 46.9 | 9.8% | 31.1% | 1,415 | 1.4 miles |
| Woodkirk Academy | 52.8 | 7.2% | 20.6% | 1,769 | 1.8 miles |
| Upper Batley High School | 44.1 | 8.8% | 28.3% | 784 | 1.9 miles |
| The Farnley Academy | 49.1 | 8.7% | 33.2% | 1,492 | 2.6 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)
- 26.13%
- English as an additional language
- 6.7%
- Overall absence
- 9.65%
- Persistent absence
- 27.32%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Morley Academy0.6 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
Batley Girls' High School1.4 miles
Secondary · Batley
-
Woodkirk Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Wakefield
-
Upper Batley High School1.9 miles
Secondary · Batley
-
The Farnley Academy2.6 miles
Secondary · Leeds
Other schools in Leeds
Bruntcliffe Academy ranks 19th 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
- 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
- Dixons Unity Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bruntcliffe Academy teach?
- Bruntcliffe Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Leeds.
- Who is the principal of Bruntcliffe Academy?
- The principal of Bruntcliffe Academy is Ms Pascoe Gill, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bruntcliffe Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bruntcliffe 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 Bruntcliffe Academy?
- Bruntcliffe Academy has 1,361 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Bruntcliffe Academy full?
- Bruntcliffe Academy has capacity for 1,400 pupils and 1,361 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bruntcliffe Academy a faith school?
- No. Bruntcliffe Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Bruntcliffe Academy a selective school?
- No. Bruntcliffe Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Bruntcliffe Academy?
- Bruntcliffe 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 Bruntcliffe Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 50 in 2022/23 and 46 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bruntcliffe Academy rank locally?
- Bruntcliffe Academy ranked 25th of 42 secondary schools in Leeds for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bruntcliffe Academy's absence rate?
- Bruntcliffe Academy's overall absence rate is 9.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bruntcliffe Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bruntcliffe 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.