School admissions in Pudsey
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 12 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Pudsey in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 10 schools in Pudsey first 434 times for 416 places: 1.04 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Leeds authority's 221 schools. 4 of the 10 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 5 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.69 miles (Greenside Primary School) to 2.10 miles (Farsley Farfield Primary School).
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 3 schools in Pudsey first 610 times for 615 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Leeds authority's 44 schools. One of the 3 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Pudsey Grammar School, to 1.01 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
10 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farsley Springbank Primary School | 1.30 | 60 | 0.751 miles |
| Greenside Primary School | 1.23 | 30 | 0.693 miles |
| Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School | 1.15 | 60 | 1.257 miles |
| Calverley Parkside Primary School | 1.04 | 27 | 1.195 miles |
| Lowtown Primary School | 1.00 | 30 | 1.242 miles |
| Southroyd Primary and Nursery School | 1.00 | 50 | 0.447 miles |
| Stanningley Primary School | 0.96 | 25 | 0.669 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 0.92 | 26 | not published |
| Pudsey Waterloo Primary | 0.90 | 48 | 1.042 miles |
| Farsley Farfield Primary School | 0.85 | 60 | 2.1 miles |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
3 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pudsey Grammar School | 1.34 | 214 | 1.01 miles |
| Crawshaw Academy | 0.84 | 196 | 2.041 miles |
| Co-op Academy Priesthorpe | 0.78 | 205 | 2.552 miles |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.