The Co-operative Academy of Leeds

The Co-operative Academy of Leeds

Type	Academy
Principal	Jonny Mitchell
Location	Stoney Rock Lane Leeds West Yorkshire LS9 7HD England Coordinates: 53°48′10″N 1°31′15″W / 53.80288°N 1.52095°W / 53.80288; -1.52095
Local authority	Leeds City Council
Website	www.cal.coop

The Co-operative Academy of Leeds (formerly Primrose High School) is an academy school in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has two sponsors: The Co-operative Group and Leeds City College.

Site

The school is in the eastern corner of Leeds city centre. The original site for the school was on Hill Street and Dolly Lane. The school had a main site and a separate annexe, which had a maths department, science department and a sixth form department. In September 2006 the school moved to a new purpose-built site, which is part of a PFI scheme.

Education Leeds held consultations in regards to closing Primrose High School and replacing it with The Co-operative Academy of Leeds on the same site, which would be sponsored by The Co-operative Group.^[1] Primrose High School closed in August 2011 and re-opened as The Co-operative academy of Leeds in September 2011.This school is near Shakespeare Primary School and Harehills Primary School //

Truancy

Primrose High School was criticised after a report, published in January 2008 and reported in the Yorkshire Evening Post, stated the school to have the second worst truancy rate for any secondary school in Leeds, the worst being the City of Leeds School in Woodhouse.^[2]

Truancy rates have dramatically improved since 2008 and The Co-operative Academy of Leeds' attendance for 2014-2015 academic year stands at 93.9%.

References

↑ Education Leeds. "National Challenge: Proposal to close Primrose High School and replace with an Academy on the same site". Educationleeds.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
↑ Published on 10/01/2008 09:03. "Leeds schools' truancy disgrace - Top Stories". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 2013-04-10.

External links

The Co-operative Academy of Leeds official website

Schools in Leeds

Primary schools	Carr Manor Community School Roundhay School

Secondary schools	Abbey Grange CE Academy Allerton Grange School Allerton High School Benton Park School Boston Spa School Brigshaw High School Bruntcliffe Academy Cardinal Heenan RC High School Carr Manor Community School Cockburn School Co-operative Academy of Leeds Corpus Christi RC College Crawshaw Academy David Young Community Academy Farnley Academy Garforth Academy Guiseley School Horsforth School John Smeaton Academy Lawnswood School Leeds City Academy Leeds East Academy Leeds West Academy Morley Academy Mount St Mary's RC High School Priesthorpe School Prince Henry's Grammar School Pudsey Grangefield School Ralph Thoresby School Rodillian Academy Roundhay School Royds School St Mary's Menston RC Academy South Leeds Academy Swallow Hill Community College Temple Moor High School Wetherby High School Woodkirk Academy

Special schools	St John's RC School for the Deaf

Independent schools	Fulneck School Gateways School Grammar School at Leeds The Froebelian School Woodhouse Grove School

FE & sixth form colleges	Leeds City College Leeds College of Art Leeds College of Building Leeds College of Music Notre Dame RC Sixth Form College SLP College

Defunct schools	Aireborough Grammar School Brudenell School Lawnswood High School Leeds Girls' High School Leeds Grammar School Leeds Modern School Moor Grange County Secondary School West Leeds High School Wortley High School

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