Spring Bank Primary School
Primary · Leeds · LS6 1AD
Data updated
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.
Inspected 12 October 2021
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
187 pupils · 89% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 40% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 18.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 150506
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 18 Reception places, 0.67 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 0.618 miles; distance decided places in 8 of the 21 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2006 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 12 October 2021, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.67 first-choice applications per place18 places offered · 12 first-choice applications · usually has places
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 (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.618 miles
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
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Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
20 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
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
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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 42% (Leeds 57%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 16% (Leeds 6%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 6% (Leeds 3%, England 4%) · Any other White background 6% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Black African 4% (Leeds 9%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 3% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Leeds 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Leeds 0%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Leeds 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
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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Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% 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)
62.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.4 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 £47,309; 22.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 67% (77%) · premises 0% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 24% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 2% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve -£42,000; in-year balance -£7,000
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The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 6/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 32.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 5.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 18.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 13.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 51.2% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 23.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 12.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 64.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 4.8% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 59% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 26% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 41.2% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032946 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £240,000475 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £184,000–£325,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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 (0.99 km, 2023 entry): 475 sales, median £240,000. 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
- 7an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 63an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 21an 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