St Bartholomew's CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School
General Information
- Address: Strawberry Lane, Tong Road, Leeds, LS12 1SF – View on map
- Phone: 01132639292
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Jane Wainwright
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 43 families put it first for 45 places – 10 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 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 186
- % eligible for free school meals: 40.1%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 55% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 4.6% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 28% moved to another school, 72% 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: 5.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 22.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 39 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 26 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 23 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 13 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 8 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 53% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 49% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 49%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 69% · Writing 65% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- Based on: 75 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 160th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =160Rosebank Primary School53%
- =160Sharp Lane Primary School53%
- =160St Bartholomew's CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School53%
- =166Dixons Trinity Chapeltown52%
- =166Harehills Primary School52%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,837 (2024-25)
52nd of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #50Cross Gates Primary School£7,850
- #51Hawksworth Church of England Primary School£7,847
- #52St Bartholomew's CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School£7,837
- #53Park Spring Primary School£7,830
- #54Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School£7,821
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