Community special school

John Jamieson School

Mixed · ages 2–19 · with sixth formLeeds, Yorkshire and the Humber · Leeds LS8 2PWSchool website
Pupils on roll
460of 470 places
Free school meals
52.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
52
Ofsted
Report card, 2 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Strong standardSafeguarding Met
What the data says

Of the 32 pupils who finished Year 11 at John Jamieson School in 2023, 0% stayed on in John Jamieson School’s own sixth form (Leeds average 32%), 16% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

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.

John Jamieson School
Leeds
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureJohn Jamieson SchoolLeedsEngland
Pupils in the cohort329,144607,348
Any sustained destination100%89%92%
Stayed in education100%84%86%
— school sixth form0%32%34%
— sixth form college0%14%13%
— further education college16%36%37%
— other education84%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%7%6%
Destination unknown0%4%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureJohn Jamieson SchoolLeedsEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)0.845.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%47%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths2%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%50%41%
EBacc average point score0.034.114.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort58%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils0.533.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils1.151.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language19%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language612%89%0%20%17%
Mathematics612%88%0%22%17%
Physical Education24%11%24%

A levels and other level 3 courses

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics31%

Where John Jamieson School is

Other secondary schools in Leeds are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Leeds’s allocation statistics.

Other secondary schools in Leeds

Allerton Grange School

Community school · sixth form · 1,782 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.2

Allerton High School

Community school · sixth form · 1,764 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.3

Benton Park School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,516 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7

Boston Spa Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,498 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.6

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.