Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School

Kirkstall St Stephen’s Church of England Primary School continues to demonstrate solid performance, maintaining its status as a good school. With a strong focus on pupil well-being, the school caters to a diverse student body, including those with significant challenges and additional learning needs. The curriculum has been enhanced with higher expectations, particularly in reading, mathematics, and art. Pupil engagement is notable, with many opportunities for leadership roles, fostering a sense of community and responsibility among students. However, areas for improvement have been identified. These include ensuring more precise delivery of the phonics curriculum to help all pupils, especially those struggling with reading, to catch up effectively. Additionally, leaders are looking to refine assessment procedures to clearly measure pupils' understanding and mastery of content. Overall, while the school is performing well, there are steps being taken to address these challenges and enhance educational outcomes further.

Strengths

• Pupils' well-being is prioritized and they feel cherished and safe.
• The school has high expectations and ambition for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• The curriculum is well planned, ambitious and delivered effectively in most subjects.
• Pupils demonstrate good behavior and accept each other's differences.
• There is a strong focus on reading, supported by quality training for staff.
• A wide range of extracurricular activities encourage pupil participation.
• Leaders effectively engage with parents and relevant outside agencies.

Areas for Improvement

• There is a lack of precision in the delivery of the phonics curriculum.
• Assessment procedures do not always accurately check pupils' understanding of disciplinary knowledge.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.4% of pupils at Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School had 25.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 22.9% of pupils at Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School received £8,072 and spent £8,019 for each of its 201 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £85,000 (-£422 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School have?

Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School has 201 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School cover?

Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School?

Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School is at Morris Lane, Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS5 3JD.