Morley Newlands Academy
General Information
- Address: Wide Lane, Morley, Leeds, LS27 8PG – View on map
- Phone: 01133231890
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Emma Worrincy
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 94 families put it first for 88 places – 11 for every 10 places. 87% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 88 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 13 · 2025 9 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 116
- % eligible for free school meals: 18.2%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 22% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 20.5% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% 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: 4.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 73 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 34 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 4 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2018 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 72% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 67% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 67%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 84% · Writing 73% · Maths 89% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 82%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 108
- Based on: 89 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 69th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =63Westwood Primary School73%
- =69Bramham Primary School72%
- =69Morley Newlands Academy72%
- =69St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy72%
- =69Weetwood Primary School72%
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11th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #9Horsforth Featherbank Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #10Moortown Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #11Morley Newlands AcademyOutstanding
- #12Morley Victoria Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #13Parklands Primary SchoolOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,569 (2024-25)
205th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #203Westerton Primary Academy£5,683
- #204East Garforth Primary Academy£5,653
- #205Morley Newlands Academy£5,569
- #206Templenewsam Halton Primary School£5,541
- #207Bramhope Primary School£5,448
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