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Richmond Hill Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Clark Lane, Leeds LS9 8PN · richmondhill.leeds.sch.uk · 0113 487 1600
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 32%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Leeds 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Leeds Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 651
- 21 over 630 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 49.4%
- First language not English
- 42.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Leeds Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 68 families put the school first and 68 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 68 | 68 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 72 | 69 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 67 | 64 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 73 | 66 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 71 | 64 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 32% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% 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 | |||
| ▼32% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼100 | 106 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Richmond Hill Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 9 March 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 9 Mar 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jan 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107927), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2017Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107927)
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (79 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 79
- 13% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 37 parents (47%) with SEND