Cockburn School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B74
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leeds, LS11 5TT
- Distance
- 1.5km away
Cockburn John Charles Academy
Old Run Road, Leeds, LS10 2JU
Local ranking19th of 45 secondary schools in Leeds
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 2 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 223
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1202
- Boys
- 562 (48%)
- Girls
- 607 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (97% full)
- SEND
- 25.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 56.2%
- EAL
- 38.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 23.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 75.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,729/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
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 36.0%
- Black African: 20.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 12.4%
- White Other: 8.8%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 5.8%
- Asian Other: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.1%
36.0%
White British
20.3%
Black African
12.4%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Old Run Road
Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 145927
- UKPRN
- 10067385
- Establishment No.
- 4077
- Trust
- COCKBURN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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