Abbey Grange Church of England Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,576 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9
Voluntary aided school
Mount St Mary's Catholic High School
- Pupils on roll
- 943of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 47.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 190
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 25 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Michael's Catholic College (URN 108098).
What the data says
Mount St Mary's Catholic High School has no sixth form. Of the 188 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 43% moved to a sixth form college, 31% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 43% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 98% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.6 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Leeds, with 39% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Leeds and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 188 | 9,144 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 17% | 32% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 43% | 14% | 13% |
| — further education college | 31% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 49.6 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 28% | 50% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.19 | 4.11 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 42% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 40.8 | 33.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 56.1 | 51.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 55% | 20% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 190 | 100% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 66% |
| English Language | 190 | 100% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 78% |
| Combined Science | 189 | 99% | 65% | 19% | 9% | 75% |
| Religious Studies | 187 | 98% | 31% | 24% | 32% | 84% |
| English Literature | 183 | 96% | 86% | 19% | 21% | 84% |
| Geography | 110 | 58% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 64% |
| Business Studies | 69 | 36% | 18% | 25% | 20% | 74% |
| Citizenship Studies | 66 | 35% | 3% | 15% | 19% | 77% |
| History | 64 | 34% | 41% | 23% | 26% | 66% |
| Art and Design | 24 | 13% | 7% | 21% | 24% | 92% |
| 3D Design | 22 | 12% | 2% | 23% | 16% | 86% |
| Polish | 16 | 8% | 1% | 81% | 84% | 94% |
| Spanish | 14 | 7% | 19% | 21% | 27% | 64% |
| French | 11 | 6% | 18% | 27% | 29% | 55% |
| Italian | 9 | 5% | 0% | 56% | 53% | 78% |
| Portuguese | 7 | 4% | 0% | 43% | 50% | 100% |
| Arabic | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 69 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 42 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 21 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 17 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 15 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Leeds
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.2
Allerton High School
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92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.3
Benton Park School
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Bishop Young Church of England Academy
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Boston Spa Academy
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.