St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
General Information
- Address: St Wilfrid's Circus, Leeds, LS8 3PF – View on map
- Phone: 01132930350
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs S O'Brien
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 37 families put it first for 39 places – 9 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 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 181
- % eligible for free school meals: 45.0%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 41% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 3.1% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 5.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 59 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 72% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (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 66% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 66%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 88% · Writing 77% · Maths 85% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 92%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 107
- Based on: 60 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
- =69Bramham Primary School72%
- =69Morley Newlands Academy72%
- =69St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy72%
- =69Weetwood Primary School72%
- =73Allerton Bywater Primary School71%
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130th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #128Shire Oak VC Primary SchoolGood
- #129Southroyd Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
- #130St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
- #131St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #132St Chad's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,994 (2024-25)
116th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #114Blenheim Primary School£7,010
- #115Collingham Lady Elizabeth Hastings Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£7,007
- #116St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£6,994
- #117Carlton Primary School£6,987
- #118Kippax Greenfield Primary School£6,984
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