St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
General Information
- Address: Mount Pleasant Road, Pudsey, LS28 7AZ – View on map
- Phone: 01132565407
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Clare Barker
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 24 families put it first for 26 places – 9 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 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 30
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.4%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 14% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.1% 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.
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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 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: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 12 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 76% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 76%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 77% · Maths 84% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 84%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 106
- Based on: 44 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
- =63Carlton Primary School73%
- =63St Benedict's Catholic Primary School73%
- =63St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy73%
- =63St Theresa's Catholic Primary School73%
- =63Westwood Primary School73%
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136th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #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
- #138St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, OtleyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,194 (2024-25)
182nd of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #180Calverley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,208
- #181Highfield Primary School£6,201
- #182St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£6,194
- #183Allerton Bywater Primary School£6,173
- #184Whinmoor St Paul's Church of England Primary School£6,121
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