Abbey Grange Church of England Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,576 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9
Academy sponsor led
John Smeaton Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 677of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 40.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 112
- Ofsted
- Good, 30 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: John Smeaton Academy (URN 139282, until 31 August 2021).
What the data says
Of the 149 pupils who finished Year 11 at John Smeaton Academy in 2023, 8% stayed on in John Smeaton Academy’s own sixth form (Leeds average 32%), 50% went to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 29.5 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Leeds, with 14% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
11% 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | John Smeaton Academy | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 149 | 9,144 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 74% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 32% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 15% | 14% | 13% |
| — further education college | 50% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 7% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 4% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | John Smeaton Academy | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 29.5 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 14% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 35% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 58% | 50% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.57 | 4.11 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 49% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 23.4 | 33.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 35.5 | 51.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 11% | 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 | 107 | 96% | 88% | 5% | 22% | 41% |
| English Language | 107 | 96% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 45% |
| Combined Science | 98 | 88% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 22% |
| English Literature | 95 | 85% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 44% |
| History | 56 | 50% | 41% | 9% | 26% | 32% |
| Geography | 41 | 37% | 41% | 12% | 25% | 41% |
| Spanish | 38 | 34% | 19% | 3% | 27% | 21% |
| Photography | 30 | 27% | 6% | 3% | 19% | 57% |
| French | 27 | 24% | 18% | 4% | 29% | 41% |
| Drama | 20 | 18% | 7% | 5% | 27% | 65% |
| Fine Art | 20 | 18% | 9% | 15% | 28% | 85% |
| Citizenship Studies | 18 | 16% | 3% | 0% | 19% | 0% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 14% | 13% | 6% | 30% | 44% |
| Religious Studies | 9 | 8% | 31% | 0% | 32% | 22% |
| Biology | 7 | 6% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 14% |
| Textiles | 6 | 5% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 67% |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Physical Education | 1 | 1% | 11% | — | 24% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 22 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 4 | — | — |
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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.