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Weetwood Primary School

Primary · Leeds · LS16 5NW

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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 20 July 2022

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At a glance

242 pupils · 115% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
3.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
11.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.weetwoodschool.co.uk/
URN
107897

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 47 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 1.68 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 0.544 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 21 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2006 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 20 July 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.68 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 47 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 0.268 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.544 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

In defined catchment area
0.268 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
72%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
17%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school72%
Median of its 12 closest peers76%
Leeds average64.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Greenways Primary AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 58 miles awayNo current grade71%
Little Kingshill Combined SchoolGreat Missenden · 153 miles awayOutstanding66%
Hertingfordbury Cowper Primary SchoolHertford · 154 miles awayGood (2019)76%
Penketh Primary SchoolWarrington · 54 miles awayGood81%
Kingham Primary SchoolKingham · 132 miles awayGood90%
Polehampton Church of England Junior SchoolReading · 165 miles awayGood71%
Trull Church of England VA Primary SchoolTaunton · 206 miles awayGood82%
Berkswich CofE (VC) Primary SchoolStafford · 75 miles awayOutstanding81%
Harvey Road Primary SchoolRickmansworth · 158 miles awayOutstanding87%
Our Lady of Grace RC Primary SchoolManchester · 35 miles awayGood71%
St Nicholas Catholic Primary SchoolSutton Coldfield · 89 miles awayGood60%
Neroche Primary SchoolIlminster · 208 miles awayGood76%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 62% (Leeds 57%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 10% (Leeds 6%, England 5%) · Any other White background 9% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Leeds 0%, England 0%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Leeds 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · 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)
3.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.5%
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
23.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% 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)

69.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 8 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 £51,419; 15.4% 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£8,460
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 9% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £141,824; in-year balance -£53,040

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher63.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications6.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work52.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier64.2%62.3%
Social housing3.3%17.1%
Privately rented32.4%20.5%
Detached houses10.3%22.9%
Flats41.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms34.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van27%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011690 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£284,000381 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£193,000–£420,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (32)£555,000
Semi-detached (128)£385,000
Terraced (98)£284,500
Flat (123)£182,500

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.88 km, 2024 entry): 310 sales, median £282,000. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
8an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
19an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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