Primary
Hillcrest Academy
Cowper Street, Leeds, LS7 4DR
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 465 of 428 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 47.7
- Pupils per adult
- 9.1
- Pupils
- 434
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2026
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- Early yearsStrong standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
May 2022
Ungraded inspection
Outstanding
Read the report (opens in a new tab)September 2016
Previous framework
Outstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
SATs results
63%
1 points below the Leeds average (64% across 215 schools)
104.0
1.5 below the Leeds average (105.5 across 215 schools)
115th of 215 by our score, among the primary schools in Leeds we can score - 227 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 105 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 63% |
| Working at a higher standard | 6% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 58% |
| 23/24 | 43% |
| 24/25 | 63% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
Cowper Street, Leeds, LS7 4DR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Leeds admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Victoria Oddy
- Address
- Cowper Street, Leeds, LS7 4DR
- Telephone
- 01132624080