St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet
General Information
- Address: Joseph Street, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 2AD – View on map
- Phone: 01132712093
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Kelly Williams
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 63
- % eligible for free school meals: 31.2%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 42% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7.7% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 77% moved to another school, 23% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 4.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 23.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 25 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 79% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 14% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 18 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 70% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 70%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 86% · Writing 83% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 93%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 107
- Based on: 29 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 36th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =36Bramhope Primary School79%
- =36Kirkstall Valley Primary School79%
- =36St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet79%
- =36White Laith Primary School79%
- =41Lady Elizabeth Hastings CofE Primary School78%
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131st of 169 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #129St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
- #130St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
- #131St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, HunsletGood
- #132St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, OtleyGood
- #133St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,180 (2024-25)
98th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #96Harehills Primary School£7,208
- #97Lowtown Primary School£7,197
- #98St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet£7,180
- #99Thorpe Primary School£7,170
- #100Guiseley Primary School£7,157
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