St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Garforth, LS25 1PS · Leeds local authority
Garforth’s School Grade A better than 92% of towns in England
What stands out about St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
- Its own letter, A−: Key Stage 2 results better than 77% of England’s primary schools
- 72% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10 points above England’s schools
- 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, November 2022 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (21 of 21)
- Homes in its postcode sector (LS25 1) sold for a median £268,475; Garforth’s is £265,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 72%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 77% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Leeds avg 62%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 108, maths 107 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at St Benedict's Catholic Primary School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Leeds council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Garforth and Leeds, side by side
2023–2025All 216 graded primaries in Leeds. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Garforth’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harewood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | A+ | 7% | 95% |
| Tranmere Park Primary School | A+ | 2% | 88% |
| St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa | A+ | 2% | 87% |
| East Garforth Primary Academy | A+ | 10% | 87% |
| Horsforth Featherbank Primary School | A+ | 16% | 85% |
| West End Primary School | A+ | 3% | 85% |
| Wigton Moor Primary School | A+ | 10% | 85% |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School | A+ | 36% | 85% |
| Meanwood Church of England Primary School | A+ | 9% | 85% |
| Beecroft Primary School | A+ | 19% | 84% |
| St Philip's Catholic Primary School | A+ | 14% | 84% |
| Roundhay School | A+ | 19% | 84% |
| Moortown Primary School | A+ | 6% | 83% |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School, Morley | A+ | 12% | 83% |
| Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | A+ | 6% | 83% |
| Shadwell Primary School | A | 5% | 81% |
| White Laith Primary School | A | 27% | 81% |
| Lady Elizabeth Hastings CofE Primary School | A | 6% | 80% |
| Christ The King Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | A | 36% | 80% |
| Blenheim Primary School | A | 39% | 79% |
| Windmill Primary School | A | 45% | 79% |
| Collingham Lady Elizabeth Hastings Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | A | 3% | 79% |
| Shire Oak VC Primary School | A | 12% | 79% |
| Lowtown Primary School | A | 13% | 78% |
| Adel St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School | A | 11% | 78% |
| Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | A | 3% | 78% |
| Hill Top Primary Academy | A | 11% | 78% |
| Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School | A | 11% | 78% |
| Armley Park Primary School | A | 59% | 78% |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School | A | 59% | 78% |
| Bramham Primary School | A | 5% | 77% |
| Adel Primary School | A | 8% | 77% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby | A | 5% | 77% |
| Cookridge Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | A | 10% | 77% |
| Brodetsky Primary School | A | 10% | 77% |
| Green Lane Primary Academy | A | 8% | 77% |
| Lift Cottingley | A | 54% | 77% |
| Calverley Parkside Primary School | A | 7% | 77% |
| Manor Wood Primary School | A | 8% | 77% |
| Crossley Street Primary School | A | 5% | 76% |
| Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School | A | 3% | 76% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | A | 10% | 76% |
| Fountain Primary School | A | 18% | 76% |
| Southroyd Primary and Nursery School | A− | 19% | 75% |
| St Theresa's Catholic Primary School | A− | 15% | 75% |
| Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy | A− | 18% | 75% |
| Talbot Primary School | A− | 7% | 75% |
| Farsley Springbank Primary School | A− | 4% | 74% |
| Birchfield Primary School | A− | 10% | 74% |
| Alwoodley Primary School | A− | 21% | 74% |
| Low Road Primary School | A− | 25% | 74% |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston | A− | 21% | 74% |
| Cookridge Primary School | A− | 19% | 73% |
| St Urban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | A− | 15% | 73% |
| Roundhay St John's Church of England Primary School | A− | 10% | 73% |
| Highfield Primary School | A− | 5% | 72% |
| Calverley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | A− | 6% | 72% |
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary School | A− | 6% | 72% |
| Thorner Church of England Primary School | A− | 9% | 72% |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | A− | 10% | 72% |
| Morley Victoria Primary School | A− | 10% | 72% |
| Rawdon Littlemoor Primary School | A− | 8% | 71% |
| Westbrook Lane Primary School | A− | 4% | 71% |
| Clapgate Primary School | A− | 33% | 71% |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | A− | 41% | 71% |
| Otley All Saints CofE Primary School | A− | 7% | 71% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Horsforth | A− | 6% | 71% |
| Guiseley Primary School | B+ | 15% | 70% |
| Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School | B+ | 5% | 70% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet | B+ | 31% | 70% |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School | B+ | 35% | 70% |
| St Patrick Catholic Primary School | B+ | 41% | 70% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Otley | B+ | 11% | 70% |
| Allerton Bywater Primary School | B+ | 22% | 70% |
| Bramhope Primary School | B+ | 8% | 70% |
| Bardsey Primary Academy | B+ | 6% | 70% |
| Barwick-in-Elmet CofE Primary School and Nursery | B+ | 8% | 70% |
| Weetwood Primary School | B+ | 4% | 69% |
| Valley View Community Primary School | B+ | 18% | 69% |
| Rufford Park Primary School | B+ | 13% | 69% |
| Primley Wood Primary School | B+ | 23% | 69% |
| Pudsey Waterloo Primary | B+ | 21% | 69% |
| Robin Hood Primary School | B+ | 9% | 68% |
| Woodlesford Primary School | B+ | 10% | 68% |
| Gledhow Primary School | B+ | 10% | 68% |
| Beechwood Primary School | B+ | 39% | 68% |
| St Matthew's Church of England Primary School | B+ | 17% | 68% |
| Scholes (Elmet) Primary School | B | 10% | 67% |
| Carlton Primary School | B | 13% | 67% |
| Chapel Allerton Primary School | B | 14% | 67% |
| Kerr Mackie Primary School | B | 13% | 67% |
| Rothwell Primary School | B | 14% | 67% |
| Morley Newlands Academy | B | 18% | 67% |
| Kippax North Primary School | B | 13% | 67% |
| Methley Primary School | B | 7% | 67% |
| Westgate Primary School | B | 13% | 66% |
| Stanningley Primary School | B | 30% | 66% |
| Farsley Farfield Primary School | B | 11% | 66% |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | B | 45% | 66% |
| Broadgate Primary School | B | 23% | 65% |
| Deighton Gates Primary School | B | 3% | 65% |
| Manston Primary | B | 27% | 65% |
| Pool-in-Wharfedale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | B | 9% | 65% |
| Carr Manor Community School | B | 26% | 65% |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | B | 39% | 65% |
| Churwell Primary Academy | B | 8% | 65% |
| Aberford Church of England Primary School | B | 21% | 65% |
| Greenside Primary School | B− | 13% | 64% |
| Thorpe Primary School | B− | 16% | 64% |
| Primrose Lane Primary School | B− | 13% | 64% |
| Ninelands Primary School | B− | 6% | 64% |
| Iveson Primary School | B− | 40% | 64% |
| Rawdon St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | B− | 3% | 64% |
| St Nicholas Catholic Primary School | B− | 22% | 64% |
| Colton Primary School | B− | 6% | 64% |
| Raynville Academy | B− | 36% | 64% |
| Seven Hills Primary School | B− | 19% | 63% |
| Cross Gates Primary School | B− | 39% | 63% |
| Westwood Primary School | B− | 51% | 62% |
| St Chad's Church of England Primary School | B− | 11% | 62% |
| Ireland Wood Primary School | B− | 33% | 61% |
| Lower Wortley Primary School | B− | 16% | 61% |
| Whinmoor St Paul's Church of England Primary School | B− | 20% | 61% |
| Westerton Primary Academy | B− | 12% | 61% |
| Bramley Park Academy | B− | 49% | 61% |
| Alder Tree Primary Academy | B− | 46% | 61% |
| Pudsey Bolton Royd Primary School | C+ | 25% | 60% |
| St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C+ | 11% | 60% |
| Great Preston VC CofE Primary School | C+ | 14% | 60% |
| East Ardsley Primary Academy | C+ | 15% | 60% |
| Strawberry Fields Primary School | C+ | 13% | 60% |
| Kirkstall Valley Primary School | C+ | 43% | 59% |
| Quarry Mount Primary School | C+ | 48% | 59% |
| Fieldhead Carr Primary School | C+ | 34% | 59% |
| Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School | C+ | 33% | 59% |
| Hawksworth Church of England Primary School | C+ | 5% | 58% |
| Gildersome Primary School | C | 17% | 57% |
| Swillington Primary School | C | 30% | 57% |
| Rosebank Primary School | C | 43% | 56% |
| Beeston Primary School | C | 31% | 56% |
| St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa | C | 7% | 56% |
| Whitkirk Primary School | C | 12% | 56% |
| Allerton CofE Primary School | C | 24% | 55% |
| Hillcrest Academy | C | 35% | 55% |
| Kippax Ash Tree Primary School | C | 32% | 55% |
| Lawns Park Primary School | C | 28% | 54% |
| Co-op Academy Oakwood | C | 52% | 54% |
| Victoria Primary Academy | C | 54% | 54% |
| Seacroft Grange Primary School | C− | 53% | 53% |
| Greenhill Primary School | C− | 45% | 53% |
| Sharp Lane Primary School | C− | 26% | 53% |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | C− | 39% | 53% |
| Yeadon Primary School | C− | 12% | 52% |
| All Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary School | C− | 50% | 52% |
| Co-op Academy Beckfield | C− | 48% | 52% |
| Swarcliffe Primary School | C− | 41% | 51% |
| St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C− | 21% | 51% |
| Burley St Matthias Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C− | 50% | 51% |
| Beeston Hill St Luke's Church of England Primary School | C− | 31% | 51% |
| Hollybush Primary | C− | 40% | 51% |
| Meadowfield Primary School | C− | 50% | 51% |
| Five Lanes Primary School | C− | 20% | 50% |
| Whitecote Primary School | C− | 41% | 50% |
| Middleton St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C− | 41% | 50% |
| Park View Primary Academy | C− | 37% | 50% |
| Ashfield Primary School | C− | 16% | 50% |
| Farsley Westroyd Primary School and Nursery | C− | 18% | 49% |
| Moor Allerton Hall Primary School | C− | 22% | 49% |
| Hunslet Carr Primary School | C− | 52% | 49% |
| Castleton Primary School | C− | 51% | 49% |
| St Bartholomew's CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C− | 40% | 49% |
| Asquith Primary School | C− | 18% | 49% |
| Co-op Academy Brownhill | C− | 55% | 49% |
| Co-op Academy Woodlands | C− | 76% | 49% |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell | C− | 27% | 49% |
| Blackgates Primary Academy | C− | 46% | 49% |
| Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | C− | 55% | 49% |
| Grimes Dyke Primary School | C− | 53% | 48% |
| Harehills Primary School | C− | 46% | 48% |
| Drighlington Primary School | C− | 10% | 48% |
| Greenmount Primary School | D | 41% | 47% |
| Swinnow Primary School | D | 39% | 47% |
| Manston St James Primary Academy | D | 16% | 47% |
| Ebor Gardens Primary Academy | D | 42% | 47% |
| Austhorpe Primary School | D | 7% | 47% |
| Victoria Junior School | D | 47% | 46% |
| Queensway Primary School | D | 60% | 46% |
| Kippax Greenfield Primary School | D | 15% | 46% |
| Oulton Primary School | D | 31% | 45% |
| Hawksworth Wood Primary School | D | 40% | 45% |
| Park Spring Primary School | D | 32% | 45% |
| Ryecroft Academy | D | 41% | 45% |
| Shakespeare Primary School | D | 42% | 44% |
| Summerfield Primary School | D | 40% | 44% |
| Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch | D | 10% | 44% |
| Brudenell Primary School | D | 36% | 43% |
| Wykebeck Primary School | D | 57% | 43% |
| Templenewsam Halton Primary School | D | 20% | 43% |
| Whingate Primary School | D | 39% | 42% |
| Hugh Gaitskell Primary School | D | 33% | 41% |
| Middleton Primary School | D | 48% | 41% |
| Bracken Edge Primary School | D | 33% | 40% |
| Grange Farm Primary School | D | 53% | 40% |
| Hunslet Moor Primary School | D | 44% | 40% |
| Lane End Primary School | D | 41% | 40% |
| Co-op Academy Nightingale | D | 59% | 39% |
| Bramley St Peter's Church of England Primary School | D− | 35% | 38% |
| Parklands Primary School | D− | 38% | 35% |
| New Bewerley Community School | D− | 50% | 35% |
| Micklefield Church of England Primary Academy | D− | 33% | 35% |
| St Marys Church of England Primary Academy | D− | 40% | 34% |
| Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Primary School | D− | 41% | 33% |
| Hovingham Primary School | D− | 48% | 33% |
| Richmond Hill Academy | D− | 49% | 30% |
| Bankside Primary School | D− | 43% | 27% |
| Temple Learning Academy | D− | 55% | 26% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025204 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, November 2022.
Living near St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in LS25 1, the school’s postcode sector
Garforth property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in LS25 1 sell for about the same as Garforth’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
6 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Garforth, LS25 1PS
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School: common questions
Is St Benedict's Catholic Primary School a good school?
By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 77% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A−), with 72% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, November 2022.
How hard is it to get into St Benedict's Catholic Primary School?
For September 2026, 21 families put St Benedict's Catholic Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 21 places were offered in all.
What is St Benedict's Catholic Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (November 2022).
How much do houses cost near St Benedict's Catholic Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, LS25 1, sold for a median £268,475 over the 36 months to August 2026 (446 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Garforth’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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