Guiseley School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leeds, LS20 8DT
- Distance
- 1.3km away
St. Mary's Menston
Officially St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
Bradford Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6AE
Local ranking8th of 45 secondary schools in Leeds
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1096
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 4 February 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 February 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
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 56.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 71.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 86.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 200
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Higher education
- 70.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 20.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
93
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 37.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 221
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1213
- Boys
- 602 (50%)
- Girls
- 609 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1096 (110% full)
- SEND
- 13.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 7.8%
- EAL
- 6.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.2%
- SEN Support
- 11.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,316/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
- 7.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 83.1%
- White Other: 6.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
- White Irish: 1.2%
- Black African: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
83.1%
White British
6.6%
White Other
1.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Bradford Road
Ilkley, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 139351
- UKPRN
- 10040651
- Establishment No.
- 4601
- Trust
- THE BISHOP WHEELER CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
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