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Calverley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Leeds

Town Gate, Calverley, LS28 5NF

Website 01132575127

83

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

96.0%

8.9% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

351

Capacity used

Has space

84%

420 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

35 of 35 families who put it first got an offer

41

Places offered

137

Total applications

3.3

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference3535● 100%
2nd preference384● 11%
3rd preference251● 4%
Later preferences (4th–5th)390● 0%
Total1374029%

1st preference success by year

84%
2020
80%
2021
91%
2022
100%
2023
100%
2024
100%
2025

Leeds lets families list 5 preferences. 48 applications came from outside the council area (9 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Jonathan Hallas
Address
Town Gate, Calverley, LS28 5NF
Phone
01132575127
Local authority
Leeds
Ward / constituency
Calverley & Farsley · Leeds West and Pudsey
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
107996

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals6%——
English as additional language1%——
SEN support9%——
50% boys (176)50% girls (175)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

351 pupils · 420 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 23

    25 January 2023

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
Read the full Ofsted report

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 347 pupils

Attendance

96.0%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

4.0%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

8.9%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.0%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.1%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

8%
20/21
16%
21/22
11%
22/23
11%
23/24
9%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths83%——
Higher standard15%——
Reading progress——0.0
Writing progress——0.0
Maths progress——0.0

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard63%
+1% vs England
Higher standard18%
+10% vs England

Reading

Expected standard83%
+8% vs England
Higher standard35%
+2% vs England
Average score107
+1 vs England

Writing

Expected standard72%
+0% vs England
Greater depth25%
+12% vs England

Maths

Expected standard78%
+4% vs England
Higher standard23%
-3% vs England
Average score104
-1 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard82%
+9% vs England
Higher standard28%
-2% vs England
Average score105
+0 vs England

Science

Expected standard97%
+15% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

792019682023832024632025

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)63%61%
Higher standard18%8%

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Leeds council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.