Dixons Trinity Chapeltown

Free schools·Primary school Leeds·LS7 4AW
Composite score
33.8
Compare Dixons Trinity Chapeltown with another school
#12,644
National rank
#1329
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#192
In Leeds
Top 86%
Nationally

Primary performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
37 first choices, 44 places
First choices per place
0.84
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
117
any preference, for 44 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.8220230.9420240.9420250.842026

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

Every child who put Dixons Trinity Chapeltown first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
35%
119 first choices, 44 places
First choices per place
2.71
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
554
any preference, for 44 places
Last place offered lived
0.23 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 369 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.76
01234
1 per place
1.3520221.3420232.1020241.9520252.712026

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).

Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)

Dixons Trinity Chapeltown is an all-through school covering ages 4–16, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.

#1,417
National rank
#126
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#22
In Leeds
Top 45%
Nationally
Attainment 8 score
46.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
38%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
68%
% EBacc grade 5+
27%
EBacc average points score
4.35

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
Outstanding

School profile

Age range
4–16
Pupils on roll
977
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
46.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
28.9%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,746
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
92%
109 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
90%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby primary schools

Location

About Dixons Trinity Chapeltown

Dixons Trinity Chapeltown is an all-through school in Leeds, classified by the DfE as a free school. Around 977 pupils aged 4 to 16 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. 52% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 3.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 46.6, broadly in line with the national average of 46. On our composite score, Dixons Trinity Chapeltown ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the top 45% of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). At Key Stage 4, 38% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Dixons Trinity Chapeltown their first choice was offered one of its 44 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 19.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% 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. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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 Dixons Trinity Chapeltown with another school