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St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy, Leeds

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Ages 3–11

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Leeds, part of St Gregory the Great Catholic Academy Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 38th-highest of the 182 schools in Leeds with published results, and 2,822nd of 14,452 across England. It was full in 2025.

SATs results
Above England average
Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
In line with England
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Leeds (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy in detail

Results

In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils at St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 85% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Leeds and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 77% in reading and 85% in maths in 2024.

Getting a place at St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

For September 2026 entry, 37 families put St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy as their first choice and 73 named it as one of their preferences, for 39 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Admissions history and your chances at St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy are Co-op Academy Woodlands (0.2 miles, Good, 61% reading, 71% maths); Hovingham Primary School (0.2 miles); Harehills Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 61% reading, 60% maths); and Co-op Academy Oakwood (0.3 miles, Good, 75% reading, 75% maths).

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Co-op Academy WoodlandsHovingham Primary SchoolHarehills Primary SchoolCo-op Academy Oakwood

The trust

St Augustine's 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.

All 9 schools in St Gregory the Great Catholic Academy Trust

Who goes there

44.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 41.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (45%), Asian (20%) and Mixed (12%).

In 2026, 83 pupils (19.1%) received SEN support and 10 (2.3%) 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.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Leeds Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Foundry Drive, 180 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 813 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229), as is usual near a town centre.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy issued 1 suspension, 0.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy are Trinity Academy Leeds (1 mile), Roundhay School (1.1 miles) and Bishop Young Church of England Academy (1.3 miles).

Trinity Academy LeedsRoundhay SchoolBishop Young Church of England Academy

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs S Joyce
Pupils:435
LA:Leeds
Phone:01132930350
Address:St Wilfrid's Circus, Leeds, LS8 3PF
Trust:ST GREGORY THE GREAT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST (9 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 March 2020

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago
-

Overall

Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school remains Good.

Inspected 14 May 2024View full report

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in March 2020. Before that, as St Augustine's Catholic Primary School (URN 108022), it was rated Good in October 2013.

URN:147482
UKPRN:10085575
Diocese:Diocese of Leeds (rc)
Constituency:Leeds East
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

At a Glance

44.6%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+11ppMathsWriting

Reading has improved from 77% to 88% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 85% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 77% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

27.5

Avg class size

27.8

Infant (KS1)

29.1

KS2

14

Total classes

1 class with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy.

  • The Tuition Mill620m away · Not yet graded
  • Raising Explorers650m away · Not yet graded
  • Beyond Horizons Tuition960m away · Not yet graded
  • Step2Success Leeds960m away · Not yet graded

Term dates

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Leeds's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Bus Stops

Foundry Drive
180m · 3 min walk
Thorn Crescent
256m · 4 min walk
St Wilfrid's Avenue
259m · 4 min walk
Foundry Ave Thorn Crescent (adj)
277m · 5 min walk
Foundry Avenue
299m · 5 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
49
Fatal
0
Serious
15
Children hurt
25

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 49 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 15 serious and 34 slight.

25 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 15 on foot and 10 in a vehicle or otherwise.

14 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Leeds is 18.5 (the median across 308 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

100%

Full

420 pupils

420 places

No spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Leeds

Medium pressure
New homes approved:14,725
Projected new pupils:3,681

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Leeds

Across Leeds council

Low demand council-wide0.79 applications per place

Places available

10,125

Applications

8,039

Got 1st preference

92.4%

Got preferred school

99.0%

All primary applications across Leeds council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Every first choice offered

Inspection History

14 May 2024

Ungraded inspection: The school remains Good.

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

83

SEN Support

10

EHC Plans

21.4%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication61
Autistic Spectrum Disorder13
Social, Emotional & Mental Health3
Specific Learning Difficulty2
Moderate Learning Difficulty2
Hearing Impairment1
Visual Impairment1
Other1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
9.4%
Asian
19.9%
Black
44.8%
Mixed
12.2%
Other
3.4%
Unclassified
2.3%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals44.6%
English as Additional Language41.4%

435

Total Pupils

215

Boys

220

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

25

Teachers

17.4:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£51,702

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,778

Per pupil

£2693k

Total funding

£239k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£421,830
EAL funding£56,121
Lump sum£145,125

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

5.0%

Overall absence

13.6%

Persistent absence

375

Enrolments

Authorised3.5%
Unauthorised1.5%
Persistent (10%+)13.6%
Severe (50%+)1.1%

Absence trend

4.2%
20/21
5.8%
21/22
5.4%
22/23
5.1%
23/24
5.0%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

What are SATs results like at St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?

Of the pupils at St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 88% reached the expected standard in reading and 85% did so in maths.

What is St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy's Ofsted rating?

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in March 2020. Before that, as St Augustine's Catholic Primary School (URN 108022), it was rated Good in October 2013.

What is the catchment area for St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?

No fixed boundary. When St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is oversubscribed, Leeds allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy was full in 2025, at 100% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.

How big are the classes at St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?

Classes at St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy average 27.5 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy has around 435 pupils on roll. 45% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?

5% of sessions were missed at St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy in 2024/25. 13.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?

Apply through Leeds's coordinated admissions process, naming St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

Does St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists 4 out-of-school clubs within a kilometre of St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy: The Tuition Mill (620m away, registered, not yet graded), Raising Explorers (650m away, registered, not yet graded) and Beyond Horizons Tuition (960m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

How many road collisions happen near St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 49 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 15 serious and 34 slight. 25 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 15 on foot and 10 in a vehicle or otherwise. 14 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Leeds is 18.5 (the median across 308 schools, same distance and years).

Where is St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is at St Wilfrid's Circus, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 3PF.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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