Hillcrest Academy
General Information
- Address: Cowper Street, Leeds, LS7 4DR – View on map
- Phone: 01132624080
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Victoria Oddy
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 45 families put it first for 49 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 156
- % eligible for free school meals: 35.4%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 62% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 25.2% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 76% moved to another school, 24% 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: 6.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 78 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card May 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching Strong standard
- Achievement Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
- Early years Strong standard
- Leadership and governance Strong standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Outstanding (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 55% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 55%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 67% · Maths 81% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 74%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 105
- Based on: 54 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
- =111Gildersome Primary School63%
- =111Hawksworth Church of England Primary School63%
- =111Hillcrest Academy63%
- =111Rawdon St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School63%
- =111Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School63%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,479 (2024-25)
170th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #168Meanwood Church of England Primary School£6,501
- #169Ebor Gardens Primary Academy£6,480
- #170Hillcrest Academy£6,479
- #171Swillington Primary School£6,447
- #172St Urban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£6,387
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