Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 19 March 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 8 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility is 4.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 27.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds.
- Ofsted rated it Outstanding on 19 March 2024; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds, 7 are Good and 1 has no current grade.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, with 24 first-choice applications for 24 offers; places ran out in 1 of the 4 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leeds schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Royds Lane, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0BJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 19 March 2024
Strengths
- “Rothwell St Mary’s is an exceptional school.”
- “All members of the school community consistently live out the school’s prized values of reverence, resilience and respect.”
- “The school has very high expectations of its pupils, and pupils try their best to meet these.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 63% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 24 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 24 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leeds.
- Rothwell Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oulton Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Cockburn Haigh Road Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Carlton Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Victoria Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Woodlesford Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Robin Hood Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published