The Ruth Gorse Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B77
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leeds, LS10 1HW
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Mount St Mary's Catholic High School
Ellerby Road, Leeds, LS9 8LA
Local ranking3rd of 44 secondary schools in Leeds
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 25 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 27.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 190
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 940
- Boys
- 470 (50%)
- Girls
- 470 (50%)
- Capacity
- 900 (104% full)
- SEND
- 16.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.5%
- EAL
- 56.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.5%
- SEN Support
- 15.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,959/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Black African: 47.5%
- White British: 18.9%
- White Other: 13.4%
- Asian Other: 5.4%
- Asian Indian: 2.3%
- Black Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.7%
47.5%
Black African
18.9%
White British
13.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Ellerby Road
Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 108097
- UKPRN
- 10016547
- Establishment No.
- 4753
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