St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Station Fields, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 1PS – View on map
- Phone: 01132869819
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr John Woolley
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 21 families put it first for 21 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 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 12
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.3%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 13% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 3.5% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 3.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 12 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 72% against an expected 70%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 72%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 80% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 107
- Based on: 30 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 63rd of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =63Adel St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School73%
- =63Carlton Primary School73%
- =63St Benedict's Catholic Primary School73%
- =63St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy73%
- =63St Theresa's Catholic Primary School73%
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131st of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #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
- #133St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston SpaGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,756 (2024-25)
142nd of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #140Deighton Gates Primary School£6,782
- #141Alwoodley Primary School£6,765
- #142St Benedict's Catholic Primary School£6,756
- #143Park View Primary Academy£6,753
- #144East Ardsley Primary Academy£6,748
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