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St Marys Church of England Primary Academy

Primary · Leeds · LS10 2QY

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 24 September 2024

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At a glance

199 pupils · 63% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
39.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
29.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.hunsletstmarys.co.uk
URN
147633

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 17 families named it first for 17 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 7 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2020 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 24 September 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

17 places offered · 17 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
38%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
98
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 school38%
Median of its 12 closest peers67.5%
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
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolBirmingham · 95 miles awayStrong standard80%
St Richard's Catholic Primary SchoolDover · 218 miles awayGood69%
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South ShieldsSouth Shields · 83 miles awayGood77%
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, StocktonStockton-on-Tees · 55 miles awayGood53%
St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 173 miles awayGood69%
Melbury Primary SchoolNottingham · 57 miles awayGood63%
Waverley AcademyDoncaster · 24 miles awayExpected standard64%
St Cuthbert's Catholic AcademyBlackpool · 62 miles awayGood66%
Rectory Farm Primary SchoolNorthampton · 108 miles awayGood45%
Wombridge Primary SchoolTelford · 84 miles awayGood74%
Outwood Primary Academy DarfieldBarnsley · 18 miles awayGood76%
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary SchoolDoncaster · 22 miles awayExpected standard60%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 51% (Leeds 57%, England 60%) · Black African 24% (Leeds 9%, England 5%) · Any other White background 6% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 4% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Leeds 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · 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)
8.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
28.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

17.81 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
22.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 9% 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)

72.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 12.3 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 £53,087; 33.3% 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 (2024-25)

This school£8,215
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) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£140,000; in-year balance -£78,000

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications25.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier30.9%62.3%
Social housing30.2%17.1%
Privately rented38.8%20.5%
Detached houses4.8%22.9%
Flats44.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van45.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011467 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£155,000169 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£122,000–£205,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (25)£190,000
Terraced (103)£140,000
Flat (37)£175,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
31an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
12an 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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