St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
Secondary schoolSt. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Leeds, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,211 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 4 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy was 56.6, against 46.5 in Leeds and 46.2 in England.
71% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 56.6 | 46.5 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 71% | 48.5% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 86% | 65.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 200 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Green Meadows AcademySpecial. Good (overall), April 2024850 m
- Tranmere Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2022. 88% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Guiseley Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Guiseley SchoolSecondary. Standards maintained, November 2024. Attainment 8 of 53.0 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
- Menston Primary SchoolPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- St. Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, December 20231.7 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Leeds
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).