Rawdon St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
General Information
- Address: Town Street, Rawdon, Leeds, LS19 6PP – View on map
- Phone: 01132504201
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Lynette Clapham
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 49 families put it first for 45 places – 11 for every 10 places. 92% of them were offered a place. 2 of the 45 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 8
- % eligible for free school meals: 2.7%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 26.2% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 64% moved to another school, 36% 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: 2.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 2.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 17 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 4 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 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: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 64% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 87% · Writing 78% · Maths 72% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 103
- Based on: 46 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
- =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%
- =111St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Horsforth63%
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115th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #113Quarry Mount Primary SchoolGood
- #114Rawdon Littlemoor Primary SchoolGood
- #115Rawdon St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #116Raynville AcademyGood
- #117Richmond Hill AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,696 (2024-25)
148th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #146Bardsey Primary Academy£6,728
- #147Hugh Gaitskell Primary School£6,724
- #148Rawdon St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,696
- #149St Philip's Catholic Primary School£6,683
- #150Valley View Community Primary School£6,674
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