Lawnswood School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leeds, LS16 5AG
- Distance
- 2.5km away
Ralph Thoresby School
Holtdale Approach, Leeds, LS16 7RX
Local ranking33rd of 45 secondary schools in Leeds
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1037
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 26 October 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 171
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 70.0%
- Higher education
- 34.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 26.0%
- Not sustained
- 21.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
42.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
41
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 50.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 162
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1004
- Boys
- 486 (49%)
- Girls
- 501 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1037 (95% full)
- SEND
- 15.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.9%
- EAL
- 14.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.3%
- SEN Support
- 14.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,059/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 65.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.1%
- Other: 4.9%
- White Other: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.5%
- Asian Other: 3.0%
- Black African: 2.9%
65.7%
White British
5.1%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
4.9%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Holtdale Approach
Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 108075
- UKPRN
- 10005377
- Establishment No.
- 4062
- Trust
- The Leeds North West Education Partnership Foundation
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