St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
General Information
- Address: Town Street, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5BL – View on map
- Phone: 01133862520
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Rebecca Maiden
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 42 families put it first for 48 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 9 · 2024 8 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 44
- % eligible for free school meals: 11.0%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.8% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 47% moved to another school, 53% 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: 4.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for Autism 14 places · 14 pupils at the last count
- Resourced provision for Autism 14 places · 14 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 22.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 36 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 26 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 13 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 61% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 21% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 60% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 75% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 106
- Based on: 61 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 129th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =122Whinmoor St Paul's Church of England Primary School62%
- =129Quarry Mount Primary School61%
- =129St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School61%
- =129Swinnow Primary School61%
- =129Whitecote Primary School61%
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139th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #137St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, HunsletGood
- #138St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, OtleyGood
- #139St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #140St Matthew's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #141St Nicholas Catholic Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,716 (2024-25)
61st of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #59Asquith Primary School£7,726
- #60St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa£7,717
- #61St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£7,716
- #62Bracken Edge Primary School£7,716
- #63Adel Primary School£7,666
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