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Adel St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School

Primary · Leeds · LS16 8EX

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 March 2025

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At a glance

202 pupils · 96% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
10.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.adel-st-john.leeds.sch.uk/
URN
108041

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 33 families named it first for 31 Reception places, 1.06 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 1.039 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 19 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2006 to 2026. At its inspection on 18 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.06 first-choice applications per place

31 places offered · 33 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 1.039 miles for 2024 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.039 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Heart of Christian Church that is member of Churches Together
0.87 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
27%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
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 school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers74.5%
Leeds average64.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
The Manor Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 165 miles awayExpected standard72%
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolSt Helens · 55 miles awayGood77%
Cop Lane Church of England Primary School, PenworthamPreston · 47 miles awayGood66%
Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolWarrington · 54 miles awayGood77%
Edenfield Church of England Primary SchoolBury · 32 miles awayOutstanding80%
The Royal Kent CofE Primary SchoolLeatherhead · 182 miles awayGood69%
Broughton Primary SchoolKettering · 107 miles awayStrong standard87%
Millbrook Primary SchoolWigan · 49 miles awayExpected standard55%
Kedington Primary AcademyHaverhill · 149 miles awayGood84%
Hughenden Primary SchoolHigh Wycombe · 155 miles awayGood64%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, OtleyOtley · 6 miles awayGood67%
William Gilbert Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolBelper · 60 miles awayOutstanding89%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 69% (Leeds 57%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Leeds 6%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Black African 3% (Leeds 9%, England 5%) · Any other White background 3% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 2% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

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)
3.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
21.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school

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)

46.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.3 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 £35,854; 0% 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£7,851
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 11% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£114,110; in-year balance -£83,829

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher56.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work54.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.7%62.3%
Social housing7.4%17.1%
Privately rented9.6%20.5%
Detached houses60.7%22.9%
Flats17.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms56.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011380 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£470,000221 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£230,000–£670,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (122)£642,000
Semi-detached (40)£365,000
Terraced (13)£337,500
Flat (46)£150,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.67 km, 2024 entry): 505 sales, median £386,500. 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
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
1an 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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