St Nicholas Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.445 miles
Last place: Any Other Children · Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Nicholas Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2022. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Nicholas Catholic 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 | 1.445 mi |
| 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
- Reception 2026's last child offered a place, under one of its admission criteria, lived 1.445 miles away, the 14th longest of 68 Leeds primary schools with a published last distance.
- 2024/25: 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 41 first-choice applications for 45 offers; 40 offers went to first-choice families, so 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- 22.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds is 53.3%.
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
- Oakwood Lane, Leeds, LS9 6QY
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 313 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 November 2022
Strengths
- “This vision is reflected strongly in their words and actions.”
- “Pupils understand, respect and celebrate their similarities and differences.”
- “They listen attentively to staff and other pupils in lessons.”
To improve
- “However, some staff are new to the teaching of phonics.”
- “They do not always identify pupils’ misconceptions quickly.”
- “However, these targets sometimes lack detail about the specific support each pupil needs.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 December 2022 (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) | 64% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 40 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.
- Co-op Academy Oakwood 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Wykebeck Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Woodlands 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Seacroft Grange Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hovingham Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Victoria Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Beechwood Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published