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Rodillian Academy

Longthorpe Lane, Lofthouse, Wakefield, WF3 3PS · Leeds
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

Offers reached between 1.73 and 1.79 miles in the last 2 years we hold. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: Leeds City Council offer-day figures, 2025 to 2026.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.
Ofsted: Standards maintained · February 2025(27/45)Oversubscribed · 1.2 first choices per place (2026)

Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 1,643rd of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(27/45)Rank among 45 Leeds secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
Inspection
Standards maintained, February 2025
Getting in
Oversubscribed; last offer 1.79 mi (2026)
Results
+0.24 progress 8; 45.9 attainment 8
Size
1,615 pupils; 292 places a year; classes of 24
Run by
Resilience Multi Academy Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
11 to 18 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Progress 8: +0.24, against +0.14 in Leeds.
  • Sessions missed: 7.5%, against 8.5% in Leeds.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 32.3, against 14.8 in Leeds.
  • Oversubscribed: 1.2 first choices for each place (Year 7 2026).
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At a glance

Against Leeds and England
This schoolLeedsEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
+0.24
Better than Leeds
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
45.9
In line with Leeds
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
51%
In line with Leeds
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
7.5%
Better than Leeds
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
18.4%
Better than Leeds
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
32.3
Worse than Leeds
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
23.6
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
19%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
18.0
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.2
More sought after than Leeds
Leeds and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 353 families put it first for 292 places; 282 of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • Standards maintained Ofsted · inspected 5 February 2025
  • Progress 8: +0.24 (England +0.01) (county +0.14) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 45.9 (England 47.4) (county 47.6) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 51% (England 48%) (county 50%) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: above average DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024

Daily life

  • Absence: 7.5% of sessions missed; 18% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 7.4% and 19% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 32 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 9); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 23.6 pupils; 16% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 18.0 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 68 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 15 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 8 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 12.5 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.5 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Resilience Multi Academy Trust, with 6 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined July 2012
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 July 2012 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Rodillian School (URN 108080) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 July 2012
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Last distance offeredAdd your home to this chart
2 mi10
20252026

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72026————1.79
Year 72025————1.73

Source: Council offer-day figures: Leeds City Council, 2025 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026292353879282
Year 72025293367842288
Year 72024298377833297
Year 72023297303800275
Year 72022296375809290
Year 72021298445876285
Year 72020325388845308
Year 72019293399746277
Year 72018269377757259
Year 72017270330718253

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

Feeder school rules

We found no priority for named primary schools in the arrangements for 2027/28 (the document). Our tools read it, but nobody has read it line by line.

Quoted word for word from the arrangements the school or council published. Check the quote against the school's own current admission policy before you rely on it: rules change each year.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8+0.24+0.01+0.142023/2024
Attainment 845.947.447.62025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above51%48%50%2025/2026
Average A level gradeC+——2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2024/2025, 2025/2026.

League table place

TableLeague rank
GCSE (key stage 4)(27/45)
A level (16 to 18)(12/23)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
5 February 2025Ungraded visitStandards maintained

Source: Ofsted, 2025.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2429294%In education 87%; Apprenticeship 5.1%; Employment 2.7%
After GCSEs2022/2329791%In education 86%; Apprenticeship 3.0%; Employment 2.4%
After GCSEs2021/2227394%In education 84%; Apprenticeship 6.2%; Employment 3.3%
After sixth form2023/246481%Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 11%; Employment 30%
After sixth form2022/236090%Further education 5.0%; Apprenticeship 3.3%; Employment 35%
After sixth form2021/226688%Further education 1.5%; Apprenticeship 26%; Employment 21%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Leeds league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/257.5%3.1%4.4%18%4.0%
2023/247.5%2.0%5.4%19%4.3%
2022/238.1%2.8%5.3%22%4.0%
Schools with a similar intake7.4%19%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 831 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/2532.311%5340
2023/2437.714%6170
2022/2328.214%4640
Schools with a similar intake8.9

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size23.62025/26
Classes over 30 pupils16%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher18.0November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus68

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20252
20245
20234
20223
20211

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 8 serious and 0 fatal in all; 4 involved a pedestrian, 1 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO212.52024
PM1014.12024
PM257.52024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals19%2025/26
First language other than English7.1%2025/26
SEN support16%2025/26
Education, health and care plan2.1%2025/26
Girls49%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Resilience Multi Academy Trust, with 6 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined July 2012
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 July 2012 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Rodillian School (URN 108080) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 July 2012
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Leeds City Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Wakefield and the Leeds league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.