Pudsey Grammar School

location
Address

Mount Pleasant Road
Pudsey
LS28 7ND
United Kingdom

Contact details

Headteacher
Mark McKelvie

About this school

DfE number
383/4102
Number of pupils
1321
Education phase
Secondary
Age range
11 to 18
Type of school
Foundation school
Facilities
Not applicable
Specialism
Not applicable
Faith
Not applicable
Area
West

Admissions policy

Places are offered in priority order. Children who meet the first priority will get a place before children who meet the second.

Admissions year
September 2025 to July 2026
Number of places (published admission number)
215
Summary of admissions policy

1a. Children in public care or fostered under an arrangement made by the local authority or children previously looked after by a Local Authority (evidence required)

1b. Pupils without an EHC plan but who have Special Educational Needs that can only be met at a specific school, or with exceptional medical or mobility needs, that can only be met at a specific school (evidence required and conditions apply).

2. Children with a sibling (brother or sister) who will be attending the school at the start of the academic year when the applicant is due to start, and are living at the same address.  This priority will not apply where the older sibling joined the sixth form from a different school (conditions apply).

3. Children who live in the defined catchment priority area for the school. A map showing the defined catchment area is in the Admissions section of the school website.

4. Any other children.

You should read the full admissions policy before applying. For some criteria, you may need to send extra information.

How places were allocated in previous years

How many children got a place by priority

Offer day 2024

Priority  - EHCP: 1

Priority 1a - CLA: 5

Priority 2 - Sibling: 85

Priority 3 - In-Catchment: 81

Priority 4 - Other children by distance: 53

Last child offered a place

Find out which admissions priority the last child met and how far they lived from the school (if applicable) in previous years. All distances are measured as a straight line.

Offer Day
2025
Distance in miles
0.880
Priority admitted
4
Priority summary
Any other children (this school took additional pupils to the Published Admission Number on offer day this year)
Offer Day
2024
Distance in miles
0.973
Priority admitted
4
Priority summary
Any other children
Offer Day
2023
Distance in miles
0.888
Priority admitted
4
Priority summary
Any other children

How many people applied

Offer day
2025
Put as 1st preference
353
Put as 2nd preference
278
Put as 3rd preference
122
Put as 4th preference
79
Put as 5th preference
42
Total applications (preferences)
874

More information

Visit the school’s website to find out about performance, uniforms and after school clubs.

Travel information

20 mph outside school
No
School crossing patrol
No
Parent waiting shelter
No
Cycle storage
Yes
Scooter storage
No
Cycle routes
No