Morley Newlands Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.463 miles
Last place: Any Other Children · Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Morley Newlands Academy is a primary school in Leeds for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 23 October 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Morley Newlands Academy 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 | 1.463 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.463 miles away, the 13th longest of 68 Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That Reception 2026 distance, for children with no other priority, was further than in 2019, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 94 first-choice applications for 88 offers; 82 offers went to first-choice families and 12 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% 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
- Wide Lane, Morley, Leeds, LS27 8PG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 678 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 23 October 2024
Strengths
- “This is a school with exceptionally high expectations for pupils.”
- “These expectations extend beyond what pupils should achieve academically to how they should behave and the range of experiences and opportunities they should benefit from.”
- “Beginning in the early years, children are taught explicitly how to behave and to develop positive behaviours for learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 December 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) | 72% | 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: 94 first-preference applications, 88 offers in total, 82 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.
- Seven Hills Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Churwell Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Morley Victoria Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westwood Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, Morley 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Asquith Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Fountain Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Middleton Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published