Holy Family Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Leeds·LS12 2LH
Composite score
48.4
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#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
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
94%
32 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
81
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
0.43 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 698 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.52
1 per place
1.0020221.3720231.4320241.1020251.072026

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
3–11
Pupils on roll
235
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
43.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
48.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
2.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
2.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,736
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Holy Family Catholic Primary School

Holy Family Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Leeds, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 235 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 1.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 103 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 94% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (32 first choices for 30 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.43 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 2.5%. There are about 17.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 43% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Holy Family Catholic Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.

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