Benton Park School

Academy converter·Secondary school Leeds·LS19 6LX
Composite score
57.1
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#1,595
National rank
#148
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#26
In Leeds
Top 50%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
44%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
64%
% EBacc grade 5+
15%
EBacc average points score
3.93

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
236 first choices, 274 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
827
any preference, for 274 places
Applications from another council area
40%

Every child who put Benton Park School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,488
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
6.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

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

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School overview

Benton Park School is a secondary school serving Leeds, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,488 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Benton Park School 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 45.7, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 1.1 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

44% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 64% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Benton Park School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 236 families who put it first were offered a place. If you are considering Benton Park School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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