Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Leeds · LS4 2TF
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 22 November 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
179 pupils · 85% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 39.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 56.1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 24.9% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0.5% of pupils
- Website
- www.sacredheartleeds.org.uk
- URN
- 147484
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.79 first-choice applications per place14 places offered · 11 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
31 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 22 November 2023: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Beecroft Primary School
- Kirkstall Valley Primary School
- Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School
- Burley St Matthias Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Armley Park Primary School
- Hollybush Primary
- Spring Bank Primary School
- Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Primary School