Ryecroft Academy
General Information
- Address: Ryecroft Academy, Stonebridge Grove, Leeds, LS12 5AW – View on map
- Phone: 01137330129
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Helen Townsley
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 47 families put it first for 44 places – 11 for every 10 places. 91% 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 8 · 2024 9 · 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: 137
- % eligible for free school meals: 41.0%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 16% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 23.8% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 42% moved to another school, 58% 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: 5.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 23.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 38 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 13 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 12 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 12 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 49% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 12 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 45% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 45%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 65% · Writing 56% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 103
- Based on: 43 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 179th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =170Whingate Primary School50%
- =179Meadowfield Primary School49%
- =179Ryecroft Academy49%
- =179Victoria Junior School49%
- =182Moor Allerton Hall Primary School48%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,031 (2024-25)
36th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #34Greenhill Primary School£8,139
- #35Iveson Primary School£8,059
- #36Ryecroft Academy£8,031
- #37Kirkstall Valley Primary School£8,015
- #38Allerton CofE Primary School£8,013
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