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Blenheim Primary School

Primary · Leeds · LS2 9EX

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 22 November 2022

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At a glance

464 pupils · 101% of 459 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
38.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
85.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.blenheimprimaryschool.com
URN
107884

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 59 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.182 miles; distance decided places in 6 of the 20 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2006 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 22 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 59 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.182 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.182 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

54 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers68%
Leeds average64.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Lowfield Community Primary SchoolSheffield · 31 miles awayGood62%
Earlham Primary SchoolLondon · 169 miles awayOutstanding84%
Winston Way AcademyIlford · 170 miles awayGood75%
Merrydale Junior SchoolLeicester · 82 miles awayGood67%
Southern Road Primary SchoolPlaistow · 171 miles awayGood81%
Grestone AcademyBirmingham · 90 miles awayGood61%
Hazel Community Primary SchoolLeicester · 84 miles awayStrong standard65%
Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary SchoolBurnley · 29 miles awayOutstanding79%
North Mead Primary AcademyLeicester · 82 miles awayGood69%
Birkby Junior SchoolHuddersfield · 14 miles awayGood63%
Minet Junior SchoolHayes · 166 miles awayGood (2015)76%
Alexandra Park Junior SchoolOldham · 30 miles awayRequires improvement43%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other ethnic group 32% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Black African 28% (Leeds 9%, England 5%) · Not recorded 6% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Leeds 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 5% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · White British 5% (Leeds 57%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Leeds 6%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Leeds 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Leeds 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Leeds: 2.05 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
27.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

69% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 27% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

29.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,336; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,992
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 8% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £283,238; in-year balance +£104,493

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work8.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier9.5%62.3%
Social housing35%17.1%
Privately rented55.6%20.5%
Detached houses3.9%22.9%
Flats50.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms36.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van59.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035043 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£170,000148 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£121,000–£221,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (9)£190,000
Terraced (33)£185,000
Flat (106)£162,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.90 km, 2026 entry): 936 sales, median £189,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
74an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
21an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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