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St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Leeds

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Church of England
Ages 3–11

St Peter's Church of England Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Leeds, part of Leeds Diocesan Learning Trust. It has a Church of England religious character. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 26th-highest of the 182 schools in Leeds with published results, and 2,040th of 14,452 across England. It was full in 2025, at 107% of capacity.

SATs results
Above England average
Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
Better than England average
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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 Peter's Church of England Primary School in detail

St Peter's Church of England Primary School in its own words

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, running, choir, gardening and homework club.

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £1 per day.

Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils at St Peter's Church of England Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 90% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Leeds and 77% and 75% across England.

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

Getting a place at St Peter's Church of England Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put St Peter's Church of England Primary School as their first choice and 67 named it as one of their preferences, for 27 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 Peter's Church of England Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to St Peter's Church of England Primary School are Ebor Gardens Primary Academy (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 68% reading, 66% maths); Shakespeare Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 51% reading, 69% maths); All Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 69% reading, 79% maths); and Little London Academy (0.7 miles, 86% reading, 79% maths).

St Peter's Church of England Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Ebor Gardens Primary AcademyShakespeare Primary SchoolAll Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary SchoolLittle London Academy

The trust

St Peter's Church of England Primary School is one of 14 schools run by Leeds Diocesan Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

All 14 schools in Leeds Diocesan Learning Trust

Who goes there

51.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 96.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (91%) and Asian (6%).

In 2026, 55 pupils (21.8%) received SEN support and 6 (2.4%) 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.

Staffing

St Peter's Church of England Primary School had 17 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Leeds Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Burmantofts Street, 220 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Peter's Church of England Primary School 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 1706 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting 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

St Peter's Church of England Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to St Peter's Church of England Primary School are Co-op Academy Leeds (0.4 miles), Mount St Mary's Catholic High School (0.5 miles), Trinity Academy Leeds (0.6 miles) and The Ruth Gorse Academy (0.7 miles).

Co-op Academy LeedsMount St Mary's Catholic High SchoolTrinity Academy LeedsThe Ruth Gorse 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; DfE school workforce census; 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 Elizabeth Holliday
Pupils:252
LA:Leeds
Phone:01132934411
Address:Cromwell Street, Burmantofts, Leeds, LS9 7SG
Trust:LEEDS DIOCESAN LEARNING TRUST (14 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 July 2024

Ofsted Rating

St Peter's Church of England Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in July 2024. Before that, as St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Leeds (URN 108050), it was rated Outstanding in November 2023.

URN:150861
UKPRN:10094986
Diocese:Diocese of Leeds (ce)
Constituency:Leeds South
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

At a Glance

51.2%

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)

Reading87%
Maths90%
Writing93%

2024/25 academic year

Class Sizes

21.0

Avg class size

29.0

Infant (KS1)

30.0

KS2

4

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near St Peter's Church of England Primary School.

  • Training Group & The Care Ltd320m away · Not yet graded

Term dates

St Peter's Church of England Primary School 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

Burmantofts Street
220m · 4 min walk
Byron Street (on)
237m · 4 min walk
Nippet Lane
271m · 4 min walk
Lincoln Green Ctr (near)
296m · 5 min walk
Lincoln Green Centre
302m · 5 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
137
Fatal
1
Serious
35
Children hurt
13

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 137 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 35 serious and 101 slight.

13 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 7 in a vehicle or otherwise.

22 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 Peter's Church of England Primary School

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

107%

Over capacity

210 pupils

196 places

14 pupils over capacity 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

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

55

SEN Support

6

EHC Plans

24.2%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication41
Autistic Spectrum Disorder14
Moderate Learning Difficulty2
Multi-Sensory Impairment2
Specific Learning Difficulty1
Profound & Multiple LD1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
0.4%
Asian
5.6%
Black
90.9%
Mixed
0.8%
Other
1.2%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals51.2%
English as Additional Language96.4%

252

Total Pupils

127

Boys

125

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

17

Teachers

14.8:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£50,787

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£6,628

Per pupil

£1664k

Total funding

£194k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£311,943
EAL funding£64,178
Lump sum£145,125

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

1.7%

Overall absence

2.7%

Persistent absence

186

Enrolments

Authorised1.3%
Unauthorised0.3%
Persistent (10%+)2.7%
Severe (50%+)0.0%

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

Questions parents ask about St Peter's Church of England Primary School

What are SATs results like at St Peter's Church of England Primary School?

Of the pupils at St Peter's Church of England Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 87% reached the expected standard in reading and 90% did so in maths.

What is St Peter's Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

St Peter's Church of England Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in July 2024. Before that, as St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Leeds (URN 108050), it was rated Outstanding in November 2023.

What is the catchment area for St Peter's Church of England Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When St Peter's Church of England Primary School 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 Peter's Church of England Primary School?

St Peter's Church of England Primary School was full in 2025, at 107% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.

How big are the classes at St Peter's Church of England Primary School?

Classes at St Peter's Church of England Primary School average 21 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to St Peter's Church of England Primary School?

St Peter's Church of England Primary School has around 252 pupils on roll. 51% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at St Peter's Church of England Primary School?

1.7% of sessions were missed at St Peter's Church of England Primary School in 2024/25. 2.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to St Peter's Church of England Primary School?

Apply through Leeds's coordinated admissions process, naming St Peter's Church of England Primary School 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 Peter's Church of England Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of St Peter's Church of England Primary School: Training Group & The Care Ltd (320m 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 Peter's Church of England Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 137 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 35 serious and 101 slight. 13 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 7 in a vehicle or otherwise. 22 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 Peter's Church of England Primary School?

St Peter's Church of England Primary School is at Cromwell Street, Burmantofts, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7SG.

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

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