St Chad's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Chad's Church of England 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 July 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Chad's Church of England 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 | Not published |
| 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 drew 45 first-choice applications for 29 offers, 1.6 first choices per offer, the 4th highest of 214 Leeds primary schools.
- 28 Reception 2026 offers went to first-choice families and 17 first-choice families (38%) were not offered a place; 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2026 the last Reception place was offered under one of its admission criteria, and the Reception 2025 last distance offered was nearer the school than in 2024.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- Northolme Avenue, West Park, Leeds, LS16 5QR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 244 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 July 2024
Strengths
- “St Chad’s Church of England Primary School is warm, welcoming and inclusive.”
- “The school’s vision of ‘In the light of God, we care, we share, we laugh, we learn’ underpins every aspect of school life.”
- “All members of the school community are supported to flourish.”
To improve
- “Some elements of the school’s plans, such as the systematic checking of pupils’ understanding, are not applied consistently across school.”
- “Activity choices are not always well matched to pupils’ varying learning needs.”
- “As a result, some pupils lose interest in their learning and become distracted.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 September 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) | 60% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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.
- Weetwood Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Iveson Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hawksworth Wood Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Meanwood Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shire Oak VC Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beecroft Primary School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published