Chapel Allerton Primary School

Chapel Allerton Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection. Pupils are happy and well-supported, demonstrating a collaborative spirit in their learning and showing respect for one another. With a strong focus on personal development, the school promotes a culture of inclusiveness and resilience among its students, while ensuring they are prepared for future challenges. Strong leadership and a dedicated staff contribute to the school's vision, combining academic rigor with enriching extracurricular activities that broaden students' horizons. While the curriculum is generally well-structured and engaging, some areas require refinement, particularly regarding adaptations for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The school is committed to addressing these challenges, with a focus on ensuring that all pupils benefit from its ambitious educational offerings. Overall, the positive school culture and effective teaching practices lead to improved student outcomes, although further development is needed to ensure every student's needs are fully met.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate a strong sense of happiness and confidence.
• Collaborative learning is promoted through the 'Learning Partners' approach.
• The school has developed a strong reading culture with effective phonics instruction.
• Inclusive practices ensure that SEND students are supported effectively.
• High-quality professional development for staff is prioritized.
• Leaders are ambitious and committed to continuous improvement.
• Pupils engage in a wide variety of enriching extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some curriculum adaptations for pupils with SEND are not fully effective.
• Assessment methods in foundation subjects still require refinement.

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 Chapel Allerton Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.1% 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 Chapel Allerton 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 Chapel Allerton Primary School had 22.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.8% 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, 20.4% of pupils at Chapel Allerton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% 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 Chapel Allerton Primary School received £6,361 and spent £6,522 for each of its 452 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £70,000 (£155 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 Chapel Allerton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Chapel Allerton Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Chapel Allerton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Chapel Allerton Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Chapel Allerton Primary School have?

Chapel Allerton Primary School has 452 pupils on roll.

What age range does Chapel Allerton Primary School cover?

Chapel Allerton Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Chapel Allerton Primary School?

Chapel Allerton Primary School is at Harrogate Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS7 3PD.