St Matthew's Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Leeds·LS7 3QF
Composite score
51.3
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#6,826
National rank
#664
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#103
In Leeds
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
41 first choices, 47 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
160
any preference, for 47 places

Every child who put St Matthew's Church of England Primary School 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).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
379
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,377
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Matthew's Church of England Primary School

St Matthew's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Leeds, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 379 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 7.0 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 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Matthew's Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 41 families who put it first were offered a place. There are about 20.8 pupils per teacher. St Matthew's Church of England 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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