Hillcrest Academy

State-Funded School

hillcrest-academy-leeds-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

LeedsLocal Authority

Leeds North EastConstituency

LS7 4DRPostcode

8.2

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Hillcrest Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 465 pupils. Hillcrest Academy is part of The GORSE Academies Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 19 May 2026 · published 23 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 43%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

13%

Asian

51%

Black

22%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

465

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

34%

England average

27%

First language not English

62%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 465
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: The GORSE Academies Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 5 May 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
8 Nov 2016	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.