St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston
General Information
- Address: Barkly Road, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 7JS – View on map
- Phone: 01132776944
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Lisa Leonard
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 56 families put it first for 30 places – 19 for every 10 places. 54% 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 14 · 2024 14 · 2025 16 · 2026 19
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 43
- % eligible for free school meals: 20.6%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 40% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.5% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 22% moved to another school, 78% 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: 3.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 27.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 38 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 69% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 74% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 74%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 91% · Writing 84% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 91%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 105
- Based on: 32 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 86th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =86Gledhow Primary School69%
- =86Holy Family Catholic Primary School69%
- =86St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston69%
- =86Westgate Primary School69%
- =86Woodlesford Primary School69%
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16th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #14Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #15Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #16St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, BeestonOutstanding
- #17St Mary's Catholic Primary School, HorsforthOutstanding
- #18St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,656 (2024-25)
65th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #63Adel Primary School£7,666
- #64Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£7,661
- #65St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston£7,656
- #66Alder Tree Primary Academy£7,648
- #67Swarcliffe Primary School£7,627
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