St Francis Catholic Primary School, Morley
General Information
- Address: Highcliffe Road, Morley, Leeds, LS27 9LX – View on map
- Phone: 01133230554
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Grace Gibbons
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 38 families put it first for 30 places – 13 for every 10 places. 79% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 30 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 15 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 13
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 31
- % eligible for free school meals: 12.3%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 19% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 31.8% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 39% moved to another school, 61% 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: 3.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 3.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 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: 91% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 33% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 30 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 83% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 83%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 91% · Writing 94% · Maths 94% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 88%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 109
- Based on: 33 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: 4th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =2Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School93%
- =2Shire Oak VC Primary School93%
- #4St Francis Catholic Primary School, Morley91%
- =5Meanwood Church of England Primary School90%
- =5West End Primary School90%
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134th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #132St Chad's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #133St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston SpaGood
- #134St Francis Catholic Primary School, MorleyGood
- #135St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
- #136St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,048 (2024-25)
187th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #185Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School£6,092
- #186Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School£6,075
- #187St Francis Catholic Primary School, Morley£6,048
- #188Chapel Allerton Primary School£6,045
- #189Kerr Mackie Primary School£6,012
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