Abbey Grange Church of England Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,576 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9
Academy sponsor led
Oulton Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,132of 1,016 places
- Free school meals
- 30.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 210
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 6 March 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Royds School (URN 108081, until 31 March 2021).
What the data says
Oulton Academy has no sixth form. Of the 172 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 34% moved to a sixth form college, 45% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 34% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 20% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.9 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Leeds, with 52% 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 | Oulton Academy | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 172 | 9,144 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 32% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 34% | 14% | 13% |
| — further education college | 45% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Oulton Academy | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.9 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 22% | 50% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.94 | 4.11 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 34% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.9 | 33.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 51.7 | 51.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 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 | 207 | 99% | 88% | 22% | 22% | 74% |
| English Language | 207 | 99% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 68% |
| English Literature | 203 | 97% | 86% | 15% | 21% | 70% |
| Combined Science | 169 | 80% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 63% |
| History | 88 | 42% | 41% | 31% | 26% | 73% |
| Geography | 79 | 38% | 41% | 25% | 25% | 67% |
| Photography | 43 | 20% | 6% | 12% | 19% | 79% |
| Spanish | 43 | 20% | 19% | 49% | 27% | 91% |
| Media Studies | 34 | 16% | 4% | 6% | 20% | 59% |
| Biology | 33 | 16% | 23% | 64% | 45% | 91% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 14% | 23% | 67% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 30 | 14% | 23% | 57% | 46% | 100% |
| 3D Design | 20 | 10% | 2% | 25% | 16% | 90% |
| Business Studies | 19 | 9% | 18% | 32% | 20% | 89% |
| Art and Design | 17 | 8% | 7% | 12% | 24% | 88% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 8% | 13% | 6% | 30% | 75% |
| Polish | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| French | 1 | 0% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Gujarati | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 51 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 50 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 32 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 28 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 24 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 22 | — | — |
| Retailing | 12 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 12 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 1 | — | — |
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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.