Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.402 miles
Last place: Any Other Children · Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Leeds for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 April 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Immaculate Heart of Mary 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 | 1.402 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
- 2024/25: 87% reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), highest among this one and 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds that have results.
- Reception 2026's last place went to a child in no other priority group living 1.402 miles away: 15th longest of 68 Leeds primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 45 first-choice applications for 46 offers; 42 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- 5.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14.2% across 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
- 292 Harrogate Road, Leeds, LS17 6SX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 375 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 April 2024
Strengths
- “Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a school that is proud of its distinctive ‘family’ feel.”
- “Staff are deeply committed to ensuring the best possible outcomes for pupils.”
- “They have very high expectations for pupils.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the important knowledge that the school wants pupils to acquire has not been identified or sequenced as clearly.”
- “In these subjects, pupils do not build their knowledge and understanding over time as effectively.”
- “However, on some occasions, strategies to support pupils to decode and blend words while they learn to read are not applied as consistently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 May 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) | 87% | 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, 46 offers in total, 42 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.
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moortown Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Moor Allerton Hall Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Manor Wood Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Gledhow Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chapel Allerton Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Primley Wood Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Talbot Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published