Adel Primary School

Adel Primary School demonstrates strong overall performance with high ambitions for all pupils, particularly those facing learning barriers. The school excels in developing foundational skills in reading, writing, and mathematics, and pupils achieve high standards across the curriculum. A positive culture of safeguarding enriches the school environment, fostering a sense of safety and security for all students. Notably, leaders and governors actively ensure that the school remains focused on continuous improvement, including strategies for high attendance and effective support for disadvantaged pupils. While the school maintains exceptional standards in various domains, it is recommended that leaders continue refining their recently implemented assessment systems. This effort is crucial to ensure that writing outcomes align with the strong performance observed in other areas, sustaining the high standards the school strives to achieve. Overall, the school community reflects a cohesive vision of kindness, respect, and collaboration, preparing students well for future educational endeavors.

Strengths

• High aspirations for all pupils' achievement
• Strong performance in reading, writing, and mathematics
• Positive relationships and respectful culture among pupils
• Ambitious and high-quality curriculum across subjects
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs
• High attendance rates and proactive engagement with families
• Strong leadership and governance with a focus on continuous improvement
• Excellent early years provision fostering language and communication skills

Areas for Improvement

• Need to maintain consistency in writing outcomes across the curriculum

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Adel Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Adel Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Adel Primary School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.2% of pupils at Adel Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Adel Primary School received £8,097 and spent £7,868 for each of its 239 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £134,000 (£560 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Adel Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Adel Primary School is Strong standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Adel Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Adel Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Adel Primary School have?

Adel Primary School has 239 pupils on roll.

What age range does Adel Primary School cover?

Adel Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Adel Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Adel Primary School?

Adel Primary School is at Tile Lane, Adel, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS16 8DY.