St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 November 2022. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Benedict's 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 | 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
- 6.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 12.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 150 of the 219 other Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 21 first-choice applications for 21 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 51st highest of 214 Leeds primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds.
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
- Station Fields, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 1PS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 200 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 November 2022
Strengths
- “The three key virtues of faithfulness, courage and respect underpin everything that happens in this school.”
- “The atmosphere is warm and welcoming.”
- “Leaders have developed an inclusive curriculum that meets the needs of all pupils.”
To improve
- “Some subjects, such as design and technology and art and design, are still being developed.”
- “These systems are not as well embedded in the foundation subjects.”
- “On occasion, these interactions do not extend children’s vocabulary in the way the curriculum intends.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2023 (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) | 73% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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.
- Ninelands Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Strawberry Fields Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- East Garforth Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Green Lane Primary Academy 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Kippax North Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Kippax Greenfield Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Kippax Ash Tree Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Austhorpe Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published