Abbey Grange Church of England Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,576 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9
Academy sponsor led
Crawshaw Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,052of 1,125 places
- Free school meals
- 27.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 220
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 15 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Crawshaw School (URN 108084, until 1 July 2012).
What the data says
Crawshaw Academy has no sixth form. Of the 195 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 30% moved to a sixth form college, 43% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 30% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.2 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Leeds, with 46% 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 | Crawshaw Academy | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 195 | 9,144 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 9% | 32% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 30% | 14% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Crawshaw Academy | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.2 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 10% | 50% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.82 | 4.11 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 22% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.2 | 33.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.9 | 51.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 8% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 218 | 99% | 89% | 22% | 20% | 72% |
| Mathematics | 217 | 99% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 70% |
| English Literature | 188 | 85% | 86% | 25% | 21% | 78% |
| Combined Science | 170 | 77% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 65% |
| Geography | 145 | 66% | 41% | 28% | 25% | 72% |
| Business Studies | 79 | 36% | 18% | 16% | 20% | 56% |
| History | 75 | 34% | 41% | 37% | 26% | 81% |
| Media Studies | 73 | 33% | 4% | 25% | 20% | 79% |
| Biology | 43 | 20% | 23% | 40% | 45% | 65% |
| Photography | 40 | 18% | 6% | 15% | 19% | 55% |
| Religious Studies | 31 | 14% | 31% | 42% | 32% | 87% |
| Chemistry | 28 | 13% | 23% | 75% | 47% | 100% |
| Physical Education | 28 | 13% | 11% | 7% | 24% | 29% |
| Physics | 28 | 13% | 23% | 57% | 46% | 100% |
| Music | 24 | 11% | 5% | 33% | 33% | 79% |
| Fine Art | 21 | 10% | 9% | 24% | 28% | 100% |
| Drama | 21 | 10% | 7% | 10% | 27% | 57% |
| French | 19 | 9% | 18% | 42% | 29% | 79% |
| Citizenship Studies | 15 | 7% | 3% | 0% | 19% | 13% |
| Graphic Communication | 11 | 5% | 1% | 18% | 23% | 82% |
| 3D Design | 10 | 5% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 60% |
| Textiles | 3 | 1% | 2% | — | 27% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 45 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 27 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 23 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 11 | — | — |
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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.