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Morley Victoria Primary School

Academy converter in Leeds, LS27 9NW, taking ages 3 to 11, 470 on roll.

Outstanding Ofsted, Jan 2024
0.62 mi Admitted from, 2024/25
112% Full, over capacity
78.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2024/25, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.62 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.62 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024/25.

Morley Victoria Primary School: 0.62 miles, 2024/25 Birstall Primary Academy: 1.75 miles, 2024/25, published by Kirklees

This is not a catchment area. 0.62 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Morley Victoria Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2024/25, from Leeds. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Leeds, published admission distances, 2024/25

Where Morley Victoria Primary School and Birstall Primary Academy are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Birstall Primary Academy admitted from 1.75 miles in 2024/25, published by Kirklees. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 0.62 and 1.75 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Leeds, 76 of 589 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (12.9%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Morley Victoria Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Fieldhead Primary Academy Both in reach Primary 2.8 mi 2024/25 2.2 mi
Lower Wortley Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.41 mi 2024/25 2.3 mi
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston Both in reach Primary 0.17 mi 2024/25 2.3 mi
Batley Grammar School Both in reach Secondary 0.53 mi 2024/25 2.4 mi
St Philip's Catholic Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.66 mi 2024/25 2.4 mi
Birstall Primary Academy Both in reach Primary 1.75 mi 2024/25 2.5 mi

The distance as a picture

Morley Victoria Primary School catchment area map: the 0.62 mile admission distance, 2024/25 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 470 pupils in 420 places (112% full, over capacity)
TrustOWLCOTES MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Local authorityLeeds

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Outstanding, inspected 22 January 2024
Meeting the expected standard 78.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 78.0%
2023/24 69.0%
2022/23 68.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Morley Victoria Primary School

Girls and boys51.9% girls, 48.1% boys
English as an additional language17.2% of pupils
Free school meals9.6% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Morley Victoria Primary School

Cheapest district inside the 0.62 miles: LS27, median £178,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
LS27 Leeds 0.2 mi £178,000 106 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 0.62 miles the school admitted from in 2024/25, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Morley Victoria Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Brunswick Street, 148 yd away, with 8.7 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 05:37, last 00:01 after midnight.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Morley Victoria School51 yd2.71.01.0425, 205
Bank Street68 yd4.42.02.052, 51, 65
Bank Street83 yd4.42.22.051, 52, 65

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Morley Victoria Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around LS27: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at LS27 9NW, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Morley Victoria Primary School?

Morley Victoria Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2024/25 lived 0.62 miles away, per Leeds.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Morley Victoria Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.62 miles was enough in 2024/25, and at 112% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Morley Victoria Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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