Secondary
Oulton Academy
Pennington Lane, Oulton, Leeds, LS26 8EX
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1132 of 1016 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.0
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Trust
- CARLTON ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 98.7
- Pupils per adult
- 10.7
- Pupils
- 1,053
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2024
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
52%
5 points above the Leeds average (47% across 39 schools)
44.9
1.6 below the Leeds average (46.5 across 39 schools)
10th of 39 by our score, among the secondary schools in Leeds we can score - 44 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.94 |
| Entered the EBacc | 22% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51% |
| 22/23 | 56% |
| 23/24 | 45% |
| 24/25 | 52% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.11 |
| 22/23 | +0.52 |
| 23/24 | +0.43 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.2 |
| 22/23 | 51.0 |
| 23/24 | 46.9 |
| 24/25 | 44.9 |
Pennington Lane, Oulton, Leeds, LS26 8EX
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Leeds admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- John Higgins
- Address
- Pennington Lane, Oulton, Leeds, LS26 8EX
- Telephone
- 01132059559