South Leeds High School has been identified as a potential academy with the Garforth-based School Partnership Trust interested in becoming a sponsor for a new school to take its place.

The trust is a partnership between Garforth Community College, its feeder primary schools and other agencies such as the Leeds Primary Care Trust.

A consultation exercise has been launched at South Leeds High School that aims to give all 1,100 pupils, along with parents, prospective parents and teachers the chance to have their say.

More than 2,000 confidential questionnaires will be distributed throughout the school asking questions about what facilities and activities people would like to see and what they would like included in the curriculum of the proposed academy.

The results of the "My School My Say" questionnaires will then be fed back to parents and pupils next year.

Ian Garforth, chairman of the School Partnership Trust, said: "We are committed to involving the school and its community in the development of our plans in order to ensure we provide local solutions for local needs. This unique consultation initiative is part of ensuring we do that."

South Leeds High School was placed in special measures last year by Ofsted and has had an eventful history since it was formed in 2004 with riot police called in twice.

Head teacher Colin Bell, principal designate of the proposed academy, said: "I firmly believe that the introduction of the proposed academy here at South Leeds High School will provide a great opportunity to accelerate the progress our school is already making through the introduction of innovative practices and by widening the curriculum we offer to more accurately reflect the needs of our students.

"My School, My Say is aimed at giving the people that matter to this school the chance to have their say on how the academy should be run, how the curriculum is shaped, and to have their opinions taken into consideration as part of the planning and development process."

He hopes as many people as possible will take the "unique opportunity to help shape the future of our school".