St Marys Church of England Primary Academy
Church Street, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 2QY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Trust
- COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Jessica Crisp
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (ce)
- Sponsor
- Prince Henry's Collaborative Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Leeds South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 199
- URN
- 147633
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01132717204
About this school
St Marys Church of England Primary Academy is a Church of England primary academy in Leeds. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 199 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 44 | 36 | 42 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 27% | 36% | 38% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 6% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 43% | 53% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 39% | 61% | 40% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 45% | 56% | 48% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 102.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.10 | - | - |
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 St Marys Church of England Primary 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 | 27% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 36% | 59.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 38% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 257 |
| 2023/24 | 223 |
| 2024/25 | 219 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Marys Church of England Primary Academy compares
St Marys Church of England Primary Academy ranked 206th of 216 primary schools in Leeds for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38% | 9.9% | 39.3% | 199 | — |
| Low Road Primary School | 86% | 6.3% | 25.5% | 183 | 0.2 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet | 79% | 4.1% | 26.2% | 202 | 0.3 miles |
| Hunslet Carr Primary School | 42% | 8.7% | 71.3% | 355 | 0.4 miles |
| Hunslet Moor Primary School | 44% | 6.9% | 45.7% | 426 | 0.6 miles |
| New Bewerley Community School | 39% | 5.4% | 47.4% | 350 | 0.8 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)
- 39.27%
- English as an additional language
- 29.2%
- Overall absence
- 9.87%
- Persistent absence
- 31.02%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Low Road Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet0.3 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Hunslet Carr Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Hunslet Moor Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
New Bewerley Community School0.8 miles
Primary · Leeds
Other schools in Leeds
St Marys Church of England Primary Academy ranks 174th 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 St Marys Church of England Primary Academy teach?
- St Marys Church of England Primary Academy teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Leeds.
- Who is the headteacher of St Marys Church of England Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of St Marys Church of England Primary Academy is Ms Jessica Crisp, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was St Marys Church of England Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Marys Church of England Primary 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 St Marys Church of England Primary Academy?
- St Marys Church of England Primary Academy has 199 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is St Marys Church of England Primary Academy full?
- St Marys Church of England Primary Academy has capacity for 315 pupils and 199 on roll (63%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is St Marys Church of England Primary Academy a faith school?
- Yes. St Marys Church of England Primary Academy is designated Church of England, in the Diocese of Leeds (ce).
- Does St Marys Church of England Primary Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records St Marys Church of England Primary Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs St Marys Church of England Primary Academy?
- St Marys Church of England Primary Academy is part of COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have St Marys Church of England Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 27% in 2022/23 and 38% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does St Marys Church of England Primary Academy rank locally?
- St Marys Church of England Primary Academy ranked 206th of 216 primary schools in Leeds for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is St Marys Church of England Primary Academy's absence rate?
- St Marys Church of England Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 9.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Marys Church of England Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Marys Church of England Primary 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 10 July 2026.