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Calverley Parkside Primary School

Primary · Pudsey · LS28 5PQ

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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: GoodLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 13 December 2022

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At a glance

229 pupils · 109% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
7.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.calverleyparkside.leeds.sch.uk
URN
146540

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 1.04 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.195 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 21 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2006 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 13 December 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. 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

1.04 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 28 first-choice applications · 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: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.195 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.195 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers72.5%
Leeds average64.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolMorecambe · 51 miles awayGood76%
Monk Fryston Church of England Primary SchoolLeeds · 19 miles awayGood67%
Aston-on-Trent Primary SchoolDerby · 68 miles awayNo current grade83%
St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary SchoolOldham · 25 miles awayNo current grade87%
Cherry Tree SchoolWarrington · 45 miles awayGood79%
Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, BuryBury · 30 miles awayGood74%
St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary SchoolLancaster · 47 miles awayGood64%
Challock Primary SchoolAshford · 210 miles awayOutstanding67%
Welton Primary SchoolBrough · 47 miles awayGood67%
Bill Quay Primary SchoolGateshead · 78 miles awayExpected standard72%
Walkington Primary SchoolBeverley · 49 miles awayGood (2019)73%
Bosham Primary SchoolChichester · 210 miles awayGood68%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 76% (Leeds 57%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Leeds 6%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · Any other White background 2% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Leeds 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · 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)
11.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.70 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
23.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

72% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 28% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

30.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.6 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 £45,348; 18.2% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,658
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £435,000; in-year balance -£16,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher53.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work55.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health58.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier71.7%62.3%
Social housing7.7%17.1%
Privately rented20.6%20.5%
Detached houses19.7%22.9%
Flats10.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms21.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van14%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011589 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£308,000136 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£254,500–£378,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (26)£404,000
Semi-detached (48)£316,000
Terraced (61)£263,000

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 (1.92 km, 2026 entry): 655 sales, median £262,500. 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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
13an 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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