St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

Term dates

This school's own term dates broadly match Leeds council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 179 families put this school as their first choice, and 201 places were offered. 170 of the families who put it first got a place (95%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 4 February 2025. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024).

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Sixth form

Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1211 (capacity 1096)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Leeds (rc)

Academy trust

THE BISHOP WHEELER CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01943883000

Address

Bradford Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6AE

Website

stmarysmenston.org

Official school record, including Ofsted reports