St Marys Church of England Primary Academy, Leeds

The school runs a breakfast club, from £1.50 per day.

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils at St Marys Church of England Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 40% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Leeds and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 53% in reading and 61% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 17 families put St Marys Church of England Primary Academy as their first choice and 64 named it as one of their preferences, for 17 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Marys Church of England Primary Academy are Low Road Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 95% reading, 100% maths); St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet (0.3 miles, Good, 86% reading, 86% maths); Hunslet Carr Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 60% reading, 62% maths); and Hunslet Moor Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 65% reading, 53% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than St Marys Church of England Primary Academy.

St Marys Church of England Primary Academy is one of 9 schools run by Collaborative Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

25 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Marys Church of England Primary Academy (as of September 2025): 80% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 43% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (43%).

39.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 28.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (51%), Black (26%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 47 pupils (23.6%) received SEN support and 2 (1%) 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.

St Marys Church of England Primary Academy had 9 teachers in 2026, one for every 24 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Leeds Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hunslet Centre, 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Marys Church of England Primary Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 417 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and burglary. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Marys Church of England Primary Academy issued 39 suspensions, 17.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Marys Church of England Primary Academy are University Technical College Leeds (0.8 miles), Cockburn John Charles Academy (0.9 miles), The Ruth Gorse Academy (1 mile) and Mount St Mary's Catholic High School (1.1 miles).