The Morley Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B76
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leeds, LS27 0PD
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Bruntcliffe Academy
Bruntcliffe Lane, Morley, Leeds, LS27 0LZ
Local ranking23rd of 45 secondary schools in Leeds
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1400
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 26 November 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 26 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 68.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 271
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1374
- Boys
- 696 (51%)
- Girls
- 665 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1400 (97% full)
- SEND
- 18.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.1%
- EAL
- 6.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.1%
- SEN Support
- 17.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,401/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
- 9.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 83.0%
- White Other: 4.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.6%
- Black African: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Asian Chinese: 1.5%
- Asian Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
83.0%
White British
4.1%
White Other
1.6%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Bruntcliffe Lane
Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 142056
- UKPRN
- 10049657
- Establishment No.
- 4071
- Trust
- THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST
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