Allerton High School

Community school·Secondary school Leeds·LS17 7AG
Composite score
67.9
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#512
National rank
#32
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#10
In Leeds
Top 16%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
54.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
69%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
84%
% EBacc grade 5+
42%
EBacc average points score
5.17

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
79%
326 first choices, 271 places
First choices per place
1.20
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,347
any preference, for 271 places
Last place offered lived
0.92 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1476 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4520221.3820231.2620241.2520251.202026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,697
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
32.9%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.3%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
23.5%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.4
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,634
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
94%
218 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
92%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Allerton High School at a glance

Located in Leeds, Allerton High School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 1,697 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 54.3 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 4.0 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 16% of secondary schools in England.

69% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 84% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Allerton High School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 326 first choices for 271 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.92 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.3%. There are about 18.4 pupils per teacher. Allerton High School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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