Secondary school in Leeds
Benton Park School
Harrogate Road, Rawdon, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS19 6LX
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 25 October 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 1516
- Places
- 1680
- How full
- 90% full — 1516 of 1680 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 754 / 762
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Leeds 014B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 43%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 12%
- Households owning their home
- 83%
- Households in social housing
- 2%
- Households with no car
- 12%
- Adults economically inactive
- 32%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- MOORLANDS LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Nicholas Skilton
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Ward
- Guiseley & Rawdon
- Constituency
- Leeds North West
- URN
- 151762
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodhouse Grove SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 1.4 mi |
| Guiseley SchoolFoundation school | No grade | 49.6 | 1.7 mi |
| Horsforth SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 57.3 | 2 mi |
| Immanuel CollegeAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 41.9 | 2.1 mi |
| St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 55 | 2.5 mi |
| Ralph Thoresby SchoolFoundation school | Good 2023 | 39.7 | 3.1 mi |
| Leeds West AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 41.7 | 3.2 mi |
| Co-op Academy PriesthorpeAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 41.1 | 3.2 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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