St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
General Information
- Address: Hallfield Lane, Wetherby, LS22 6JS – View on map
- Phone: 01937583379
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr David Roundtree
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 33
- % eligible for free school meals: 20.6%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 22.7% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 61% moved to another school, 39% 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: 4.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Vision impairment: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 60% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 51% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 51%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 67% · Writing 60% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 53%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
- Based on: 15 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 133rd of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =133Pudsey Waterloo Primary60%
- =133St Chad's Church of England Primary School60%
- =133St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School60%
- =139Beeston Primary School59%
- =139Great Preston VC CofE Primary School59%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,815 (2024-25)
136th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #134Tranmere Park Primary School£6,851
- #135Sharp Lane Primary School£6,844
- #136St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,815
- #137Westbrook Lane Primary School£6,804
- #138Raynville Academy£6,800
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