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Meanwood Church of England Primary School

Primary · Leeds · LS6 4LD

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Good

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: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 June 2024

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At a glance

213 pupils · 97% of 219 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
8.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.meanwoodschool.co.uk/
URN
108046

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.63 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.508 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 19 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2006 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 18 June 2024, 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

0.63 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 19 first-choice applications · usually has places

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 0.508 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.508 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
90%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
23%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
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 school90%
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
Overstone Primary SchoolNorthampton · 111 miles awayGood63%
Hemingford Grey Primary SchoolHuntingdon · 121 miles awayGood66%
Lamberhurst St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Primary SchoolTunbridge Wells · 206 miles awayGood55%
Holy Trinity Church of England AcademyCalne · 167 miles awayExpected standard63%
Grimsargh St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolPreston · 43 miles awayGood77%
Brodetsky Primary SchoolLeeds · 2 miles awayGood75%
Maynards Green Community Primary SchoolHeathfield · 214 miles awayGood68%
Kegworth Primary SchoolDerby · 70 miles awayExpected standard71%
Horsendale Primary SchoolNottingham · 60 miles awayGood56%
Harpole Primary SchoolNorthampton · 113 miles awayGood68%
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolWarrington · 48 miles awayGood90%
Berkswich CofE (VC) Primary SchoolStafford · 75 miles awayOutstanding81%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 64% (Leeds 57%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 7% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Leeds 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Leeds 9%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Leeds 0%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%

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)
7.9%
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
17.9
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)

7.75% 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)

21.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.7 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 £46,928; 14.3% 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£7,289
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£57,513; in-year balance -£70,385

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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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher48.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier64.6%62.3%
Social housing17.4%17.1%
Privately rented18%20.5%
Detached houses7.3%22.9%
Flats18.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van26.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011689 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£302,500454 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£227,500–£385,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (68)£432,500
Semi-detached (169)£338,000
Terraced (119)£284,500
Flat (98)£164,500

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 (0.82 km, 2026 entry): 348 sales, median £298,000. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
6an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an 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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