Ireland Wood Primary School

Ireland Wood Primary School is maintaining its good performance as reflected in the inspection findings. The school is deeply committed to inclusion, ensuring that pupils with various needs receive substantial support, which fosters a nurturing environment. Pupils feel safe, behave well, and appreciate the supportive atmosphere created by staff. The school provides numerous opportunities for extracurricular activities, which further engage pupils, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). However, the curriculum has identified weaknesses in design technology and computing, which leaders are addressing to enhance clarity and effectiveness.

Strengths

• Strong focus on inclusion and support for pupils with diverse needs.
• Pupils feel safe, happy, and well-supported at school.
• Positive behavior among pupils, with a rare incidence of bullying.
• High aspirations set by staff and governors for all pupils.
• Strong love of reading among pupils with effective phonics teaching.
• Successful engagement in extracurricular activities, including competitive games.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum gaps in design technology and computing.
• Uncertainty in teaching due to underdeveloped subject-specific knowledge.

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 Ireland Wood Primary School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.5% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Ireland Wood 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 Ireland Wood Primary School had 20.4 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, 19.4% of pupils at Ireland Wood Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 16 pupils.

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 Ireland Wood Primary School received £9,655 and spent £9,576 for each of its 386 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £5,000 (£14 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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Ireland Wood Primary School is part of The Leeds North West Education Partnership Foundation, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Ralph Thoresby School Leeds
• Cookridge Primary School Leeds
• Iveson Primary School Leeds

What is Ireland Wood Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ireland Wood Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Ireland Wood Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ireland Wood Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Ireland Wood Primary School have?

Ireland Wood Primary School has 386 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ireland Wood Primary School cover?

Ireland Wood Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ireland Wood Primary School?

Ireland Wood Primary School is at Raynel Gardens, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS16 6BW.