St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
General Information
- Address: Lady Pit Lane, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 6RX – View on map
- Phone: 01132700978
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Vera Snejberkova-Taylor
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 17 families put it first for 23 places – 7 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 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 7
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 80
- % eligible for free school meals: 39.0%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 73% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.8% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 43% moved to another school, 57% 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: 2.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 31.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 39 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 18 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2020 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 77% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 16 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 65% against an expected 57%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 84% · Writing 77% · Maths 84% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 87%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 107
- Based on: 31 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 43rd of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =43Shadwell Primary School77%
- =43Southroyd Primary and Nursery School77%
- =43St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy77%
- =43St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby77%
- #52Cookridge Primary School76%
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135th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #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
- #137St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, HunsletGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,079 (2024-25)
108th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #106Rawdon Littlemoor Primary School£7,102
- #107Adel St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School£7,087
- #108St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£7,079
- #109Clapgate Primary School£7,070
- #110Farsley Westroyd Primary School and Nursery£7,056
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