Christ The King Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy, Leeds

Ofsted's report card from its 6 January 2026 inspection grades Christ The King Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy on 7 areas: 4 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Since the last inspection, leaders have worked tirelessly to improve attendance and reduce persistent absence."

Early years - Strong standard. "The early years curriculum is meticulously designed to reflect children's prior experiences and starting points."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have established effective systems to identify pupils' additional needs and any barriers to their attendance or learning."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils consistently live out the school's values and virtues, which is testament to the strength of its personal development offer."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils, including those who are disadvantaged and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make very positive progress through the curriculum."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed a broad curriculum, underpinned by the school's values and enriched by a wide range of experiences."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders make decisions in the best interests of pupils."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should ensure that the curriculums in the foundation subjects are taught to an equally high standard as those of the core subjects and that pupils develop detailed knowledge and skills and produce high-quality work. • Leaders should ensure that through their leadership of subjects they accurately identify, monitor and act on priorities for improvement".

In its own words: "At Christ the King Catholic Primary School, we place Christ at the heart of all we do. Guided by the Gospel, we nurture every child to grow in their faith, love and learning so they may achieve their full potential and serve others with compassion, courage and hope."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, drama, choir, chess, coding, gardening and Spanish.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils at Christ The King Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 92% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Leeds and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 100% in reading and 93% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 18 families put Christ The King Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy as their first choice and 56 named it as one of their preferences, for 19 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Christ The King Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy are Raynville Academy (0.1 miles, Good, 75% reading, 87% maths); Greenhill Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 64% reading, 64% maths); Hollybush Primary (0.5 miles, Good, 61% reading, 66% maths); and Bramley St Peter's Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 67% reading, 51% maths).

Christ The King Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Christ The King Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is one of 9 schools run by St Gregory the Great Catholic Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

30 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Christ The King Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (as of April 2026): 100% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that they are kept well informed about progress (93%).

35.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 35.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (36%), Black (29%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 46 pupils (27.7%) received SEN support and 1 (0.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Bramley (West Yorks) Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Greenhill Mount (at), 200 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 412 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Christ The King Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy issued 1 suspension, 0.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Christ The King Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy are Dixons Unity Academy (0.9 miles) and The Farnley Academy (1.6 miles).