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Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

Primary · Leeds · LS17 6SX

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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 24 April 2024

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At a glance

375 pupils · 100% of 375 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
5.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.immaculate-heart-of-mary.leeds.sch.uk
URN
147486

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 45 families named it first for 46 Reception places, 0.98 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.402 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 19 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2006 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 24 April 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

46 places offered · 45 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 1.402 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.402 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
87%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
30%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
111
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 school87%
Median of its 12 closest peers77%
Leeds average64.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Our Lady's Bishop Eton Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 64 miles awayGood77%
Elmlea Junior SchoolBristol · 169 miles awayOutstanding83%
Compton CofE Primary SchoolPlymouth · 262 miles awayGood (2016)86%
Calverley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolCalverley · 6 miles awayGood63%
Rawdon St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLeeds · 6 miles awayGood63%
Lowbrook AcademyMaidenhead · 164 miles awayGood100%
Cookridge Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolLeeds · 4 miles awayGood82%
Straits Primary SchoolDudley · 94 miles awayGood69%
Farsley Springbank Primary SchoolPudsey · 6 miles awayGood75%
Hartford Manor Primary School & NurseryNorthwich · 58 miles awayGood77%
Tranmere Park Primary SchoolLeeds · 8 miles awayGood88%
Burton Joyce Primary SchoolNottingham · 62 miles awayNo current grade51%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 66% (Leeds 57%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 3% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · Black African 3% (Leeds 9%, England 5%) · White Irish 3% (Leeds 0%, England 0%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Leeds 6%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Leeds 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Leeds 1%, England 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)
3.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.26 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
23.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

47.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.6 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 £52,700; 10.5% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,625
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £64,000; in-year balance +£116,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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 higher53.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work52.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier89.1%62.3%
Social housing0.3%17.1%
Privately rented10.6%20.5%
Detached houses10.6%22.9%
Flats4.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms33%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011516 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£335,000572 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£231,500–£414,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (35)£545,000
Semi-detached (305)£385,000
Terraced (92)£301,000
Flat (140)£184,000

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 (2.26 km, 2026 entry): 2,181 sales, median £329,500. 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
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
23an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
9an 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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