Calverley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
General Information
- Address: Town Gate, Calverley, LS28 5NF – View on map
- Phone: 01132575127
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Chris Minett
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 56 families put it first for 44 places – 13 for every 10 places. 73% of them were offered a place. 11 of the 44 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 8 · 2025 9 · 2026 13
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 21
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.0%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.9% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 41% moved to another school, 59% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Leeds: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 22 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Leeds, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 18% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 72% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 72%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 72% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 82%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 104
- Based on: 60 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 111th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =111Bramley Park Academy63%
- =111Broadgate Primary School63%
- =111Calverley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School63%
- =111Carr Manor Community School63%
- =111Farsley Westroyd Primary School and Nursery63%
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41st of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #39Brodetsky Primary SchoolGood
- #40Brudenell Primary SchoolGood
- #41Calverley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
- #42Calverley Parkside Primary SchoolGood
- #43Carlton Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,208 (2024-25)
180th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #178Kippax North Primary School£6,310
- #179Whitkirk Primary School£6,280
- #180Calverley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,208
- #181Highfield Primary School£6,201
- #182St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£6,194
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