University Technical College Leeds
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leeds, LS10 1LA
- Distance
- 0.3km away
The Ruth Gorse Academy
Black Bull Street, Leeds, LS10 1HW
Local ranking2nd of 45 secondary schools in Leeds
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1260
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 26 October 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 51.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 252
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1275
- Boys
- 644 (51%)
- Girls
- 621 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1260 (100% full)
- SEND
- 19.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 52.4%
- EAL
- 49.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.1%
- SEN Support
- 18.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 81.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,661/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
- 6.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Black African: 25.7%
- White British: 17.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 10.8%
- Mixed Other: 9.0%
- White Other: 5.8%
- Other: 5.8%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 5.1%
- Asian Indian: 5.0%
25.7%
Black African
17.9%
White British
10.8%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Black Bull Street
Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 140565
- UKPRN
- 10047074
- Establishment No.
- 4067
- Trust
- THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST
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