St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Leeds·LS11 7JS
Composite score
48.4
Compare St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston with another school
#7,885
National rank
#775
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#121
In Leeds
Top 53%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

Legacy framework · Read full report ↗

Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
54%
56 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.87
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
159
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
151 m
straight line, 2026 intake · 151 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.27
00.511.522.5
1 per place
1.9020221.4320231.3720241.6020251.872026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
216
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
40.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,656
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Location

St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston at a glance

Located in Leeds, St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 216 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' at its most recent inspection. 69% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 11.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston is oversubscribed: about 5 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 56 first choices for 30 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.09 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 3.7%. There are about 17.8 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

Compare St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston with another school