Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School

State-Funded School

cardinal-heenan-catholic-high-school-leeds-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

LeedsLocal Authority

Leeds North EastConstituency

LS6 4QEPostcode

8.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 916 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 58
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 73.1%
EBacc average point score: 5.13

Ethnicity

White

63%

Asian

Black

19%

Mixed

10%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

916

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

20%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 916
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 8 February 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
26 Jun 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.