Cockburn John Charles Academy
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C64
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leeds, LS10 2JU
- Distance
- 1.5km away
Cockburn School
Parkside, Gipsy Lane, Leeds, LS11 5TT
Local ranking8th of 45 secondary schools in Leeds
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1111
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 15 February 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 51.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 55.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 233
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1277
- Boys
- 603 (48%)
- Girls
- 645 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1111 (112% full)
- SEND
- 16.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 38.9%
- EAL
- 19.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.9%
- SEN Support
- 15.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 80.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,729/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
- 8.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 48.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 13.3%
- Black African: 11.9%
- White Other: 7.0%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 4.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Asian Other: 1.7%
48.4%
White British
13.3%
Asian Pakistani
11.9%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Parkside
Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 142585
- UKPRN
- 10055377
- Establishment No.
- 4047
- Trust
- COCKBURN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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