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John Jamieson School

Special schoolAges 2–19CommunitySixth form

Leeds, LS8 2PW · Leeds local authority

Leeds’s School Grade C+ better than 43% of towns in England

How full
460 pupils
98% of its 470 places
Free school meals
52%
52 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about John Jamieson School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 52% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, June 2026: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (LS8 2) sold for a median £352,825; Leeds’s is £230,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 64 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools John Jamieson beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 1.5

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Leeds avg 47.3

20304050607080England avg 47.3John Jamieson 1.5

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Leeds avg 49%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%John Jamieson 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
0.1
2024/25
0.8
2025/26
1.5

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-1.59: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26

Attainment 8 for the 36 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
1England 38.6
Not disadvantaged
2England 50.6
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%
England’s schools 66% · Leeds 66% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

442 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
1.1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
98.9%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
17.6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
53.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 31%Boys 69%
Its letter

No letter for John Jamieson School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting June 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Sixth formStrong standard

Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, March 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near John Jamieson School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in LS8 2, the school’s postcode sector

Leeds property prices →
£352,825
median sale, 384 sales in 36 months · Leeds £230,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025LS8 2Leeds
LS8 2Leeds

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£600K
Semi-detached
£370K
Terraced
£331K
Flat
£223K
LS8 2Leeds

Homes in LS8 2 sell for well over Leeds’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

25 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miND−B+DBB+DC−C−DD−B−B+B−AD−C−C−CDCDBA−D−A−John Jamieson School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Leeds, LS8 2PW

John Jamieson School: common questions

What is John Jamieson School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (June 2026) gave a report card: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near John Jamieson School?

Homes in its postcode sector, LS8 2, sold for a median £352,825 over the 36 months to August 2026 (384 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Leeds’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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