Cockburn John Charles Academy
Old Run Road, Leeds, LS10 2JU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- COCKBURN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Siobhan Roberts
- Sponsor
- Cockburn Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Leeds South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Pupils on roll
- 1,169
- URN
- 145927
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01134872800
About this school
Cockburn John Charles Academy is a secondary academy in Leeds. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,169 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 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 204 | 236 | 241 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.8 | 41.6 | 43.8 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.72 +0.51 to +0.93 | +0.47 +0.28 to +0.66 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 28% | 37.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 47.9% | 53.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 26% | 16.5% | 22.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
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 Cockburn John Charles 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 | 44.8 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.6 | 39.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.8 | 39.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,208 |
| 2023/24 | 1,210 |
| 2024/25 | 1,202 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cockburn John Charles Academy compares
Cockburn John Charles Academy ranked 30th of 42 secondary schools in Leeds for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 52% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43.8 | 8.9% | 56.2% | 1,169 | — |
| Cockburn School | 49.1 | 8.2% | 38.9% | 1,248 | 0.9 miles |
| Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy | — | 10.1% | 46.7% | 1,023 | 1.3 miles |
| University Technical College Leeds | 46.2 | 5.5% | 28% | 546 | 1.6 miles |
| The Ruth Gorse Academy | 49.1 | 6.7% | 52.4% | 1,265 | 1.8 miles |
| Mount St Mary's Catholic High School | 49.6 | 4.6% | 45.5% | 943 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report2 June 2026
- 20 April 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 56.16%
- English as an additional language
- 38.5%
- Overall absence
- 8.86%
- Persistent absence
- 21.61%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cockburn School0.9 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
University Technical College Leeds1.6 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
The Ruth Gorse Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
Mount St Mary's Catholic High School2.0 miles
Secondary · Leeds
Other schools in Leeds
Cockburn John Charles Academy ranks 22nd 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 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 Cockburn John Charles Academy teach?
- Cockburn John Charles Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Leeds.
- Who is the headteacher of Cockburn John Charles Academy?
- The headteacher of Cockburn John Charles Academy is Mrs Siobhan Roberts, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cockburn John Charles Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cockburn John Charles 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 Cockburn John Charles Academy?
- Cockburn John Charles Academy has 1,169 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Cockburn John Charles Academy full?
- Cockburn John Charles Academy has capacity for 1,200 pupils and 1,169 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 Cockburn John Charles Academy a faith school?
- No. Cockburn John Charles Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Cockburn John Charles Academy?
- Cockburn John Charles Academy is part of COCKBURN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Cockburn John Charles Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.8 in 2022/23 and 43.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cockburn John Charles Academy rank locally?
- Cockburn John Charles Academy ranked 30th of 42 secondary schools in Leeds for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 52% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cockburn John Charles Academy's absence rate?
- Cockburn John Charles Academy's overall absence rate is 8.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cockburn John Charles Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cockburn John Charles 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 15 July 2026.