Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Leeds for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary 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 | 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
- Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as at 150 of the 219 other Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 11 first-choice applications for 14 offers: 0.8 first choices per offer, the 16th lowest of 214 Leeds primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest 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
- Eden Way, Argie Avenue, Leeds, LS4 2TF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 179 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 November 2023
Strengths
- “Sacred Heart is a close-knit, caring and vibrant school.”
- “Staff have built a community with kindness and compassion at its core.”
- “Pupils beam with pride when they talk about their school and share everything that makes it a happy place to be.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, this level of curriculum clarity is less developed.”
- “However, the school does not use this information to close these gaps in pupils’ knowledge quickly enough.”
- “This means that some pupils are not fully prepared for their next steps when they reach the end of Year 6.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 January 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) | 58% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 11 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.
- Beecroft Primary School 0.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Kirkstall Valley Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burley St Matthias Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Armley Park Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hollybush Primary 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Spring Bank Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published