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Cookridge Primary School

Primary · Leeds · LS16 7DH

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 8 November 2023

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At a glance

314 pupils · 100% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
19.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
14.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.cookridgeprimaryschool.org.uk/
URN
107894

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 73 families named it first for 43 Reception places, 1.70 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2018 entry went to 0.414 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 20 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2006 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 8 November 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.70 first-choice applications per place

43 places offered · 73 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

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: defined priority area. Inside it, last place at 0.577 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2018 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.414 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

In defined catchment area
0.577 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
76%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
20%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school76%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
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
Morgans Primary School & NurseryHertford · 157 miles awayGood58%
Ham Dingle Primary AcademyStourbridge · 100 miles awayGood64%
Glory Farm Primary SchoolBicester · 136 miles awayGood55%
Harris Primary Academy East DulwichLondon · 178 miles awayOutstanding89%
South End Junior SchoolRushden · 117 miles awayGood70%
Manston St James Primary AcademyLeeds · 8 miles awayGood51%
Hamsey Green Primary SchoolWarlingham · 187 miles awayGood57%
Balksbury Junior SchoolAndover · 183 miles awayGood (2016)68%
Lodge Farm Primary SchoolStevenage · 147 miles awayRequires improvement37%
Dunchurch Boughton Church of England Junior AcademyRugby · 106 miles awayGood66%
Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary SchoolHarrogate · 11 miles awayGood72%
St Anne's Catholic Voluntary AcademyBuxton · 43 miles awayGood53%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
14 of 12 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 73% (Leeds 57%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Leeds 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Leeds 6%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

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)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.5%
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
17.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% 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)

78.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.5 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 £52,991; 15% 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£9,005
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (76%) · premises 21% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (8%) · supplies and services 25% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£165,913; in-year balance -£121,424

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier92.7%62.3%
Social housing2.1%17.1%
Privately rented5.1%20.5%
Detached houses22.5%22.9%
Flats2.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms32.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van15.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011377 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£300,000493 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£250,000–£375,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (107)£404,000
Semi-detached (334)£286,500
Terraced (28)£219,500
Flat (24)£130,500

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.67 km, 2018 entry): 228 sales, median £286,000. 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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