Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School
General Information
- Address: Morris Lane, Kirkstall, Leeds, LS5 3JD – View on map
- Phone: 01133821960
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Philip Sheppard
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 23 families put it first for 29 places – 8 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 11 · 2024 10 · 2025 8 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 67
- % eligible for free school meals: 33.3%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 24% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.8% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 20% moved to another school, 80% 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: 7.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 20.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 22.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 22 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
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: 47% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 14 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 59% against an expected 57%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 59%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 70% · Writing 67% · Maths 70% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 70%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 30 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 184th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =182Moor Allerton Hall Primary School48%
- =182Park Spring Primary School48%
- =184Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School47%
- =184Lane End Primary School47%
- =186Middleton St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School45%
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90th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #88Kippax Greenfield Primary SchoolGood
- #89Kippax North Primary SchoolGood
- #90Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary SchoolGood
- #91Lady Elizabeth Hastings CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #92Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp ArchGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,334 (2024-25)
82nd of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #80Pool-in-Wharfedale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£7,384
- #81St Patrick Catholic Primary School£7,336
- #82Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School£7,334
- #83Strawberry Fields Primary School£7,333
- #84Armley Park Primary School£7,312
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