St Theresa's Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Barwick Road, Crossgates, Leeds, LS15 8RQ – View on map
- Phone: 01132930240
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs JL Ryan
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 64 families put it first for 60 places – 11 for every 10 places. 94% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 12 · 2025 12 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 71
- % eligible for free school meals: 15.4%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 13% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.1% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 22% moved to another school, 78% 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: 9.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 50 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 13 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 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: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 12 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 75% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 75%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 87% · Writing 77% · Maths 85% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 109
- Based on: 60 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
- =63St Benedict's Catholic Primary School73%
- =63St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy73%
- =63St Theresa's Catholic Primary School73%
- =63Westwood Primary School73%
- =69Bramham Primary School72%
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144th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #142St Patrick Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #143St Philip's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #144St Theresa's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #145St Urban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
- #146St. Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,629 (2024-25)
157th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #155Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School£6,640
- #156St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby£6,638
- #157St Theresa's Catholic Primary School£6,629
- #158Bramley Park Academy£6,628
- #159Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£6,625
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