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Ryecroft Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Stonebridge Grove, Leeds LS12 5AW · ryecroft.leeds.sch.uk · 0113 733 0129
On the mapSearch near LS12 5AW
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 49%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Leeds 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.86 mi
- 1.38 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Leeds Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 350
- 97% of 360 places
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 41%
- First language not English
- 16%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.86 mi (1.38 km) from the school. Source: Leeds Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 47 families put the school first and 44 places were offered; 91% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 44 | 47 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 44 | 41 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 44 | 34 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.86 mi1.38 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 49% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Leeds it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼49% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ryecroft Academy on 18 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 18 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (37 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 37
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 16% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (35%) with SEND