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Strawberry Fields Primary School

Primary · Leeds · LS25 1LL

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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 6 March 2019

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At a glance

338 pupils · 92% of 367 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
13.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
7.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.strawberryfields.leeds.sch.uk
URN
150406

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 45 families named it first for 45 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 2.082 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 19 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2006 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 6 March 2019 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

45 places offered · 45 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.082 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
59%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
5%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school59%
Median of its 12 closest peers68%
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
Cholsey Primary SchoolWallingford · 153 miles awayGood61%
Takeley Primary SchoolDunmow · 150 miles awayExpected standard74%
Heycroft Primary SchoolLEIGH-on-SEA · 176 miles awayExpected standard43%
Mary Elton Primary SchoolNorth Somerset · 174 miles awayGood79%
St Werburgh's CofE Primary SchoolDerby · 60 miles awayGood65%
Balksbury Junior SchoolAndover · 179 miles awayGood (2016)68%
St Catherine's Church of England Primary SchoolWare · 148 miles awayGood56%
Halling Primary SchoolRochester · 186 miles awayGood71%
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley BayWhitley Bay · 86 miles awayGood67%
Ermine Street Church AcademyAlconbury Weald · 109 miles awayGood (2019)84%
Sebert Wood Community Primary SchoolBury St Edmunds · 139 miles awayGood68%
The Robert Drake Primary SchoolBenfleet · 174 miles awayGood85%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 79% (Leeds 57%, England 60%) · Not recorded 4% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 4% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Leeds 0%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Leeds 0%, England 0%) · 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)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.9%
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

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
22.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 3% 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)

63.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.6 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 £53,004; 5.9% 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£7,333
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£190,000; in-year balance -£251,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher27.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work34.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79.6%62.3%
Social housing10.1%17.1%
Privately rented10%20.5%
Detached houses28.5%22.9%
Flats2.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms21.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011402 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£266,500372 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£215,000–£351,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (107)£412,500
Semi-detached (171)£260,000
Terraced (74)£200,000
Flat (20)£136,500

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 (3.35 km, 2024 entry): 1,380 sales, median £250,000. 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
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
9an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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