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Rawdon St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Primary · Leeds · LS19 6PP

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 5 October 2023

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At a glance

298 pupils · 95% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
2.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.rawdonstpeters.org.uk/
URN
107986

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 49 families named it first for 45 Reception places, 1.09 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.775 miles; distance decided places in 8 of the 20 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2006 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 5 October 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.09 first-choice applications per place

45 places offered · 49 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.775 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.775 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

46 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers79%
Leeds average64.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Burton Joyce Primary SchoolNottingham · 65 miles awayNo current grade51%
Calverley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolCalverley · 2 miles awayGood63%
Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolDitchling · 213 miles awayNo current grade81%
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyLeeds · 6 miles awayGood87%
Orchard Community Primary SchoolDerby · 71 miles awayGood82%
Theydon Bois Primary SchoolEpping · 168 miles awayGood63%
Tranmere Park Primary SchoolLeeds · 3 miles awayGood88%
Messingham Primary SchoolScunthorpe · 47 miles awayGood73%
Lowbrook AcademyMaidenhead · 166 miles awayGood100%
Irby Primary SchoolWirral · 68 miles awayGood70%
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary SchoolSheffield · 35 miles awayGood77%
Elmlea Junior SchoolBristol · 168 miles awayOutstanding83%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 87% (Leeds 57%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 2% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Leeds 6%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Leeds 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Leeds 9%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
2.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.33 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Leeds: 2.05 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

59% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 39% moved to another state school · 3% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

75% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £45,704; 13.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,751
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 12% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£84,437; in-year balance -£92,315

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher48.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11%18.1%
In managerial or professional work51.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health58%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80%62.3%
Social housing6.6%17.1%
Privately rented13%20.5%
Detached houses35.1%22.9%
Flats12.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms42.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011457 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£331,500172 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£247,000–£431,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (38)£492,500
Semi-detached (70)£351,000
Terraced (59)£257,000
Flat (5)£175,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.86 km, 2026 entry): 1,551 sales, median £285,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
5an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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