Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
General Information
- Address: 292 Harrogate Road, Leeds, LS17 6SX – View on map
- Phone: 01132660728
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Frances Clark
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 45 families put it first for 46 places – 10 for every 10 places. 93% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 22
- % eligible for free school meals: 5.9%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7.2% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 26% moved to another school, 74% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 3.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 31 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 87% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 30% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 26 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 83% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 83%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 93% · Writing 88% · Maths 92% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 93%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 111
- 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 9th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =9East Garforth Primary Academy87%
- =9Horsforth Featherbank Primary School87%
- =9Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy87%
- =9St Peter's Church of England Primary School87%
- =14Low Road Primary School86%
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83rd of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #81Horsforth Newlaithes Primary SchoolGood
- #82Hunslet Moor Primary SchoolGood
- #83Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
- #84Ireland Wood Primary SchoolGood
- #85Iveson Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,625 (2024-25)
159th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #157St Theresa's Catholic Primary School£6,629
- #158Bramley Park Academy£6,628
- #159Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£6,625
- #160St Chad's Church of England Primary School£6,614
- #161Ashfield Primary School£6,594
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