Southway Independent School
Middleton Road, Leeds, LS10 3JA
This school is closed (it closed in July 2026).
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Carl Miller
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- Leeds South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 63
- URN
- 146633
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
About this school
Southway Independent School was an independent school in Leeds. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 63 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Southway Independent School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in March 2019, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 32 | 38 | 32 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
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 Southway Independent School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 91 |
| 2023/24 | 91 |
| 2024/25 | 79 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 15
- Pupils on SEN support
- 48
Location
Nearby schools
-
Springwell Leeds Academy0.0 miles
Academies · Leeds
-
Broomfield South SILC0.4 miles
Special schools · Leeds
-
Fountain House Education Suite1.6 miles
Special schools · Salisbury
-
Cockburn Reach Academy1.7 miles
Special schools · Leeds
-
LS-TEN1.7 miles
Independent schools · West Yorkshire
Recorded changes at this school
- Status changed from open to closed recorded 29 Jul 2026
Common questions
- What ages does Southway Independent School teach?
- Southway Independent School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was an independent school in Leeds.
- Has Southway Independent School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Southway Independent School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Southway Independent School?
- Southway Independent School had 63 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- What are Southway Independent School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Southway Independent School'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 29 July 2026.