Abbey Grange Church of England Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,576 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9
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The Morley Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,410of 1,555 places
- Free school meals
- 21.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 273
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 24 September 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Morley High School (URN 108078, until 1 January 2011).
What the data says
The Morley Academy has no sixth form. Of the 279 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 13% moved to a sixth form college, 31% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 54.6 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Leeds, with 60% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, The Morley Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | The Morley Academy | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 279 | 9,144 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 38% | 32% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 13% | 14% | 13% |
| — further education college | 31% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Morley Academy | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 54.6 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 89% | 50% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.22 | 4.11 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 26% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 41.6 | 33.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 59.1 | 51.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 13% | 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 | 272 | 100% | 88% | 35% | 22% | 81% |
| English Language | 272 | 100% | 89% | 27% | 20% | 82% |
| English Literature | 260 | 95% | 86% | 24% | 21% | 83% |
| Combined Science | 216 | 79% | 65% | 18% | 9% | 70% |
| History | 143 | 52% | 41% | 45% | 26% | 80% |
| Geography | 139 | 51% | 41% | 32% | 25% | 73% |
| Business Studies | 116 | 42% | 18% | 34% | 20% | 78% |
| Spanish | 106 | 39% | 19% | 29% | 27% | 77% |
| French | 99 | 36% | 18% | 21% | 29% | 72% |
| Media Studies | 61 | 22% | 4% | 20% | 20% | 85% |
| Biology | 52 | 19% | 23% | 81% | 45% | 94% |
| Computer Science | 50 | 18% | 13% | 58% | 30% | 90% |
| Physics | 49 | 18% | 23% | 86% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 49 | 18% | 23% | 82% | 47% | 100% |
| Chinese | 47 | 17% | 1% | 49% | 75% | 81% |
| Art and Design | 43 | 16% | 7% | 58% | 24% | 100% |
| Music | 32 | 12% | 5% | 22% | 33% | 91% |
| Religious Studies | 25 | 9% | 31% | 72% | 32% | 88% |
| Drama | 21 | 8% | 7% | 48% | 27% | 90% |
| 3D Design | 19 | 7% | 2% | 26% | 16% | 95% |
| Russian | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 42 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 24 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 1 | — | — |
Where The Morley Academy 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
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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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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.