St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Ilkley · LS29 6AE · Leeds
Ages 11–18
- Att856.5
- P80.4
- EM5+66%
- Absence7.6%
0.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 108085
Guiseley School
Foundation school · Leeds · LS20 8DT
Ages 11–18 · 1,431 pupils · Leeds
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
49.4
Overall absence
7.8%
Admissions demand
1.14 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2019-09-24
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.04
−20+2
Attainment 849.4
English & maths grade 5+52%
English & maths grade 4+77%
EBacc entry24%
EBacc APS: 4.4
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)22.1%
Unauthorised3.7%
- Authorised absence
- 4.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,198
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.14 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
264
Places offered
232
1st-preference offers
220
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 860
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 232
- Applications from outside LA
- 409
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 55
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill99%
1,431 pupils · 1,450 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,431
- Boys / girls
- 696 / 735
- School capacity
- 1,450
- Capacity fill
- 1,431 / 1,450 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 12.5%
- FSM pupils
- 150
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Foundation school
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Supported by a trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Clayton
Location
- Address
- Fieldhead Road, Guiseley
- Postcode
- LS20 8DT
- Town
- Leeds
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Leeds
- District
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds North West
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed foundation school (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Leeds, Leeds, 1,431 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 12.5%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Benton Park School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Secondary
Leeds · LS19 6LX · Leeds
Ages 11–18
- FSM16.3%
1.7 miles away
Immanuel College
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Bradford · BD10 9AQ · Bradford
Ages 11–18
- Att840.6
- P8-0.6
- EM5+29%
- Absence13.1%
2.1 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Clayton
- Telephone
- 01943872315