Elliott Hudson College

Free schools 16 to 19 · Mixed · ages 16–19 · with sixth formLeeds, Leeds LS11school website

About half of students go on to university — well above the England rate.

Where this school leads
61%

of 16–18 leavers started university · Leeds 35% · England 37% · DfE destination measures, students who left in 2023

Knowledge sphere of Elliott Hudson College: fields of knowledge mapped by the subjects taken here, by ISCED levelLanguage & Communication · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 1%Language & Communication · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 7%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 5%Natural Sciences · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 4%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 1%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 1%Health & Safety · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 9%Business & Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 9%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 4%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 3%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 10%Transversal Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 3%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%LanguageMathsScienceICTEngineeringHealthBusinessLawSocialArtsTransversalGreen
Ofsted
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Students
1,480
Free school meals
0.0%

Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Students: of 1,500 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

After sixth form · age 18

Where do sixth-formers go at 18?

20%went to one of the most selective universities
This school20%
Leeds16%
England19%

DfE 16–18 destination measures · 500 students who left in 2023

61% went to university (England 37%). 7% started an apprenticeship (England 7%). 17% went into work and 9% had no steady place a year on (England 28% and 16%).

Most selective universities — the third of UK universities whose entrants hold the highest grades; the share is of students who completed level 3 qualifications.

Full breakdown7
MeasureElliott Hudson CollegeLeedsEngland
Students in the cohort5008,711541,441
Any sustained destination88%77%79%
University (higher education)61%35%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students20%16%19%
Further education2%7%5%
Apprenticeship7%9%7%
Employment17%26%28%
No sustained destination9%17%16%
Universities · named

Which universities did they go to?

1university has told us how many applied, were offered a place and enrolled

Named universities — most schools do not publish this; the official DfE figures above only say how many went to university and how selective those universities were.

universities’ answers to sch.today’s Freedom of Information requests · request tracker

What universities’ own admissions data say3

For each entry year: how many of this school’s students applied, received an offer and enrolled. Counts under five are shown as “<5” to protect individuals. Applications exclude Clearing; enrolments are students who completed registration.

UniversityEntry yearAppliedOffersEnrolled
University of Bristol202575—
2024108<5
2023168—

A university’s enrolment count and a school’s own destinations list can differ: the school counts places accepted in the summer, the university counts students registered in the autumn.

Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

11.67%of the A level curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 1,259 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

At A level it is Law: 18% of students (England 4%).

Transversal Skills10%
Law & Public Administration9%
Business & Administration9%
Mathematics & Statistics7%
Natural Sciences5%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

A level subjects32

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

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Psychology15427%23%
Mathematics13523%31%
Sociology12021%13%
Law10318%4%
Biology10318%20%
Business Studies10318%13%
Economics8214%13%
Chemistry8114%17%
History6311%13%
Computer Science6211%5%
English Literature427%11%
Physical Education407%3%
English Language397%4%
Physics387%12%
Geography366%10%
Media Studies336%4%
Politics326%6%
Product Design305%2%
Further Mathematics305%5%
Fine Art244%3%
Classical Civilisation224%1%
Graphic Communication214%2%
Art and Design183%1%
Film Studies173%2%
Religious Studies163%4%
Drama142%2%
Spanish122%2%
Arabic——0%
Photography——3%
French——1%
Italian——0%
Music Technology——0%
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses24
SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)34259%—
Mathematical StudiesCore Maths Qualifications at Level 3407%—
Health StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 3387%—
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionOCR Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma at Level 3244%—
Applied BusinessVRQ Level 3234%—
PsychologyBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*214%—
Law / Legal StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*193%—
Health StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Diploma at Level 3163%—
Applied SciencesOCR Cambridge Technical Diploma at Level 3163%—
MultimediaOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 3153%—
Applied SciencesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 3142%—
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionOCR Cambridge Technical Diploma at Level 3———
PsychologyBTEC Level 3 National Certificate (Band D)———
Music performance: GroupBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*———
BiologyGCE AS level (All)———
MathematicsGCE AS level (All)———
BiologyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)———
MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)———
Applied SciencesOCR Cambridge Technical Certificate at Level 3———
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionOCR Cambridge Technical Certificate at Level 3———
Health StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Certificate at Level 3———
MultimediaOCR Cambridge Technical Certificate at Level 3———
Law / Legal StudiesBTEC Level 3 National Certificate (Band D)———
Health StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma at Level 3———
A level results8
MeasureElliott Hudson CollegeLeedsEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study1,395——
— of whom A level students5753,824261,341
Average A level gradeC+B-B-
Average points per A level entry32.4235.0035.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsC+B-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects9%18%18%
Average grade, applied general courses———
Average grade, T levels———
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Transversal Skills9%
Business & Administration8%
Law & Public Administration8%
Mathematics & Statistics6%
Natural Sciences4%
Digital & ICT Skills4%
Social & Cultural Skills3%
Green & Sustainability3%
Arts & Humanities2%
Engineering & Manufacturing1%
Health & Safety1%
Language & Communication1%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

graph 2.8mathematical model 2.5vector 2.2integration 1.3differential equation 1.2trigonometric identity 1.2exponential function 1.2quantitative data 1.0qualitative data 1.0numerical method 0.9gradient 0.9differentiation 0.8inequality 0.8si unit 0.8trigonometric function 0.8causation 0.7application of theory 0.7accuracy 0.7limitation 0.7inverse function 0.7tangent 0.7binomial expansion 0.7sequence 0.7force 0.7

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses research ethics, experimental design, accuracy from Biology, Chemistry, Further Mathematics and 5 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses graph, abstraction, ratio from Business Studies, Computer Science, Design and Technology and 4 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Digital and technology solutions professionalLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses data presentation, conclusion, data collection from Biology, Business Studies, Computer Science and 3 more · jobs: business analyst, ICT consultant, business economics researcher
More apprenticeships9
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses qualitative data, quantitative data, data presentation from Computer Science, Geography, Mathematics and 2 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Artificial intelligence (AI) data specialistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses research design, data presentation, data collection from Business Studies, Computer Science, Economics and 5 more · jobs: ICT intelligent systems designer
Costs lawyerLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · legal, finance and accounting · uses causation, limitation, nuisance from Law, Mathematics · jobs: lawyer, corporate lawyer, lawyer linguist
Electro-mechanical engineerLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses kinematics, integration, equilibrium from Design and Technology, Further Mathematics, Mathematics · jobs: electrical engineer, electromechanical engineer, instrumentation engineer
Laboratory technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · health and science · uses data presentation, graph, chromatography from Biology, Chemistry, Economics and 2 more · jobs: bacteriology technician, scientific laboratory technician, biology technician
Keeper and aquaristLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · agriculture, environmental and animal care · uses descriptive statistics, research design, research method from Biology, Psychology · jobs: animal care attendant, zookeeper, zoo section leader
Social researcherLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · business and administration · uses research ethics, research design, data collection from Geography, Psychology, Sociology · jobs: research and development manager, social services policy officer, monitoring and evaluation officer
Professional economist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · legal, finance and accounting · uses marginal analysis, inflation, trade policy from Economics · jobs: business economics researcher, economist, economic policy officer
Aerospace engineerLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses kinematics, integration, friction from Design and Technology, Further Mathematics, Mathematics · jobs: aerodynamics engineer, aerospace engineer, aircraft maintenance technician
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Admission is by application to the provider, usually against GCSE grades for each course; there is no distance rule.

  1. Dec–FebYear 11: apply directly; most close applications in these months
  2. AugGCSE results day: places are confirmed against the entry grades
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Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

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.