Secondary school

Benton Park School

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  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Leeds
  • LS19 6LX
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Oct 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,640 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 50%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 37%37%2016/17: top 32%32% · 2016/172017/18: top 42%2018/19: top 40%2021/22: top 59%2022/23: top 52%2023/24: top 45%2024/25: top 50%No exams

A-level results

#85 of 140 Yorkshire and The Humber sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against Yorkshire and The Humber

Attainment 845.7 · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.36/10 Middle+5.7 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths44.2% · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%6/10 Middle−13.4 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.93 · Yorkshire and The Humber 3.935/10 Middle+6.8 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.15 · Yorkshire and The Humber −0.075/10 Middle−11.6 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry32.55 · Yorkshire and The Humber 34.124/10 Below
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 52.1 · 223 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 49.82016/17: 49.3 · 222 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.82017/18: 47.3 · 225 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.42018/19: 48 · 209 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.552021/22: 46.7 · 238 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47.22022/23: 45.4 · 226 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.72023/24: 46.8 · 225 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.92024/25: 45.7 · 226 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.352.145.4No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 46% · 222 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2017/18: 47% · 225 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2018/19: 42% · 209 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2021/22: 54% · 238 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47%2022/23: 46% · 226 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2023/24: 47.1% · 225 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.3%2024/25: 44.2% · 226 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%54%42%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 27.32 · 139 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.532016/17: 27.94 · 127 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.872017/18: 29.78 · 124 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 30.322018/19: 31.81 · 92 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 31.282021/22: 35.77 · 85 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 36.212022/23: 34.79 · 113 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 32.532023/24: 33.24 · 110 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 32.482024/25: 32.55 · 75 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 34.1235.7727.32No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in99.6%
235 of 236 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 99.6%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st236235
2nd22225
3rd1659

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2015Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Remains Goodas predecessor
  6. 2023Requires improvementas predecessor

1 strong areas

  • Sixth form provision

4 weak areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,516
Free school meals (past 6 years)17.7%
First language not English6.1%
SEN support9.9%
EHC plan1.6%
Absence (sessions missed)7.6%
Persistently absent pupils19.2%

Girls 49.5%Boys 50.5%

90.2% full · 1,680 places · 164 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.9
Pupils per adult12.3
  • Classroom teachers 79.8
  • Leadership 10
  • Teaching assistants 11.5
  • Other support 44.1

Teachers 89.8 FTE · Whole workforce 145.4 · 159 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 1 months.

  • +£704,000revenue reserve
  • +£90,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: MOORLANDS LEARNING TRUST (8 academies) · trust reserve £2,223,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

225 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained91.1%
  • Education84.4%
  • Apprenticeship4.9%
  • Employment1.8%
  • Not sustained7.1%
  • Unknown1.8%

After sixth form (16–18)

127 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained85%
  • Education51.2%
  • Higher education51.2%
  • Apprenticeship15.7%
  • Employment18.1%
  • Not sustained12.6%
  • Unknown2.4%