Cobden Primary School
Primary · Leeds · LS12 5LA
Data updated
Ofsted category of concern
A formal designation, not a grade. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 8 July 2025
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- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- URN
- 152460
In figures
Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2017 entry went to 0.518 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 20 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2006 to 2026. At its inspection on 8 July 2025 Ofsted placed it in a category of concern (Serious weaknesses).
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 (2017 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.518 miles
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
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The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 22.2% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 26.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 22% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 28% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 41.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 46.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 24.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 29% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 2.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 17.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 9.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 40.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011737 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £180,000273 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £135,000–£260,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.83 km, 2017 entry): 179 sales, median £167,500. 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
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 1an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 13an 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