Kerr Mackie Primary School

Kerr Mackie Primary School has demonstrated a marked improvement since its last inspection, achieving a 'Good' overall effectiveness rating. The school has fostered a positive community where students feel valued and are encouraged to achieve their best. With high expectations from leaders and staff, the school has successfully enhanced its curriculum and pupil engagement, resulting in an enjoyable learning environment. Efforts to embed a robust early years curriculum and improve attendance are ongoing, but leaders are committed to ensuring every pupil, including those with SEND, receives quality education and support.

Strengths

• Pupils are proud to belong to the Kerr Mackie community.
• Leaders have made significant improvements since the previous inspection.
• High-quality training provided to staff enhances teaching practices.
• The curriculum is engaging and varied, allowing pupils to build on prior learning.
• Pupils exhibit good behavior and respect towards each other.
• Effective safeguarding measures are in place.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils foster a supportive learning environment.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years curriculum improvements need to be embedded over time.
• Attendance levels are not as high as they should be.

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 Kerr Mackie Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.0% 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, 1.6% of pupils at Kerr Mackie 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 Kerr Mackie Primary School had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.0% 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, 15.8% of pupils at Kerr Mackie Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% 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 Kerr Mackie Primary School received £6,283 and spent £6,462 for each of its 435 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £343,000 (£788 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 Kerr Mackie Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kerr Mackie Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2022.

When was Kerr Mackie Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kerr Mackie Primary School was last inspected in July 2022.

How many pupils does Kerr Mackie Primary School have?

Kerr Mackie Primary School has 448 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kerr Mackie Primary School cover?

Kerr Mackie Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kerr Mackie Primary School?

Kerr Mackie Primary School is at Gledhow Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 1NE.