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Schools in Leeds

294 schools in the Leeds local authority.

Schools

294

Open schools

Pupils

133,363

2025–26 census

Good or better

94%

227 of 242 graded

Academic Performance

5.2

out of 10 · 281 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
32 13%
Good
195 81%
Requires improvement
11 5%
Inadequate
4 2%
22 inspected since 2024, no overall grade17 superseded by a report card30 not judged1 in a category of concern2 safeguarding not effective
5.2
Academic Performance

Averaged over 281 of 294 schools that can be scored

Pupils

133,363

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 292 of 294 schools (133,363 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
63%
Asian
13%
Black
10%
Mixed
8%
Chinese
1%
Any other group
3%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 277 of 294 schools (128,892 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
28.2%

36,333 of 128,892 pupils · 277 of 294 schools

First language not English
23.7%

30,586 of 128,892 pupils · 277 of 294 schools

Young carers
<1%

232 of 128,892 pupils · 277 of 294 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
224
Secondary
45
All-through
3
Special
12
PRU
2
Not recorded
8

Top primary schools in Leeds

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Leeds

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 294 schools in Leeds — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Leeds

How many schools are there in Leeds?
Leeds has 294 open schools — 224 primary, 45 secondary, 12 special, teaching 133,363 pupils in total.
How many schools in Leeds are rated Good or Outstanding?
227 of the 242 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 94% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 32 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 294: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Leeds?
5.2 out of 10, averaged across the 281 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Leeds schools have no Ofsted rating?
52 schools in Leeds currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Leeds local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Leeds covers 294 schools and sits in the Yorkshire and The Humber region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Leeds are eligible for free school meals?
28.2% — 36,333 of 128,892 pupils at the 277 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the Yorkshire and The Humber region.