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Co-op Academy Leeds

Mixed · ages 11–18 · no sixth formLeeds, Yorkshire and the Humber · Leeds LS9 7HDTrust: The Co-Operative Academies TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
974of 1,050 places
Free school meals
62.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
172
Ofsted
Good, 29 November 2022Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Primrose High School (URN 108062, until 1 September 2012).

What the data says

Co-op Academy Leeds has no sixth form. Of the 173 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 14% moved to a sixth form college, 55% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 30.5 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Leeds, with 18% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Business Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 46% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.

10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

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.

Co-op Academy Leeds
Leeds
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureCo-op Academy LeedsLeedsEngland
Pupils in the cohort1739,144607,348
Any sustained destination76%89%92%
Stayed in education75%84%86%
— school sixth form5%32%34%
— sixth form college14%14%13%
— further education college55%36%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship1%3%3%
Employment1%2%3%
No sustained destination10%7%6%
Destination unknown14%4%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureCo-op Academy LeedsLeedsEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)30.545.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths18%47%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths34%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects55%50%41%
EBacc average point score2.914.114.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort63%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils26.533.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils37.251.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language61%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 Language172100%89%6%20%37%
English Literature172100%86%8%21%47%
Mathematics17199%88%5%22%35%
Combined Science17099%65%5%9%35%
History9153%41%7%26%34%
Business Studies7946%18%5%20%29%
Spanish6236%19%15%27%40%
Geography6035%41%15%25%47%
Art and Design3420%7%3%24%26%
French3017%18%3%29%37%
Computer Science2816%13%7%30%61%
Urdu2313%1%57%42%91%
Design and Technology2213%11%5%23%18%
Citizenship Studies1710%3%0%19%6%
Portuguese85%0%13%50%75%
Photography53%6%19%
Arabic42%1%47%
Italian32%0%53%
Polish21%1%84%
Biology21%23%45%
Turkish11%0%71%
Russian11%0%87%
Physics11%23%46%
Modern Greek11%0%33%
Chemistry11%23%47%
Chinese11%1%75%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Speech and Drama51
Hospitality / Catering Studies43
Sports Studies35
Health Studies33
Computer Appreciation / Introduction24

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.