Ryecroft Academy
Ryecroft Academy, Stonebridge Grove, Leeds, LS12 5AW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Townsley
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The GORSE Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Leeds South West and Morley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 350
- URN
- 140824
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01137330129
About this school
Ryecroft Academy is a primary academy in Leeds. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 350 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 35 | 45 | 43 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 34% | 49% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 9% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 40% | 62% | 65% |
| Expected standard in maths | 54% | 64% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 54% | 64% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Ryecroft Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leeds average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 34% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 49% | 59.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 49% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 339 |
| 2023/24 | 341 |
| 2024/25 | 331 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ryecroft Academy compares
Ryecroft Academy ranked 182nd of 216 primary schools in Leeds for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49% | 5.5% | 46.9% | 350 | — |
| Lawns Park Primary School | 40% | 6.5% | 34.1% | 233 | 0.4 miles |
| Greenhill Primary School | 54% | 7.5% | 44% | 353 | 0.6 miles |
| Whingate Primary School | 50% | 6.1% | 40.7% | 464 | 0.7 miles |
| Park Spring Primary School | 48% | 6.3% | 35.7% | 355 | 0.9 miles |
| Lower Wortley Primary School | 55% | 5.4% | 16.9% | 331 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.93%
- English as an additional language
- 18.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.49%
- Persistent absence
- 16.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lawns Park Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Greenhill Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Whingate Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Park Spring Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Lower Wortley Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Leeds
Other schools in Leeds
Ryecroft Academy ranks 150th of the 182 ranked primary schools in Leeds.
- Aberford Church of England Primary School Primary
- Adel Primary School Primary
- Adel St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School Primary
- Alder Tree Primary Academy Primary
- All Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary School Primary
- Allerton CofE Primary School Primary
- Alwoodley Primary School Primary
- Armley Park Primary School Primary
- Asquith Primary School Primary
- Austhorpe Primary School Primary
- Bankside Primary School Primary
- Bardsey Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ryecroft Academy teach?
- Ryecroft Academy teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Leeds.
- Who is the headteacher of Ryecroft Academy?
- The headteacher of Ryecroft Academy is Mrs Helen Townsley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ryecroft Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ryecroft Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Ryecroft Academy?
- Ryecroft Academy has 350 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Ryecroft Academy full?
- Ryecroft Academy has capacity for 360 pupils and 350 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Ryecroft Academy a faith school?
- No. Ryecroft Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Ryecroft Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Ryecroft Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Ryecroft Academy?
- Ryecroft Academy is part of THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Ryecroft Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 34% in 2022/23 and 49% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ryecroft Academy rank locally?
- Ryecroft Academy ranked 182nd of 216 primary schools in Leeds for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ryecroft Academy's absence rate?
- Ryecroft Academy's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ryecroft Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ryecroft Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.