Windmill Primary School

Windmill Primary School has been rated as good overall in its latest inspection, with a strong focus on an ambitious curriculum, especially in music, which helps to enhance pupils' confidence and skills. The school environment is described as warm and nurturing, promoting positive relationships among pupils and staff. Despite these strengths, the inspection identified areas for improvement, particularly in the early years curriculum and the consistency of phonics teaching. The school is working on developing its early years program to better prepare children for Year 1.

Strengths

• Positive and nurturing school environment
• Ambitious curriculum anchored in music
• Effective support for students with SEND
• High expectations set by leaders for student learning
• Significantly above national averages in key stage 2 assessments
• Strong emphasis on reading and literacy
• Pupils demonstrate high levels of enthusiasm for music and performance
• Effective partnerships with parents and external agencies

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the teaching of phonics
• Early years curriculum needs further development

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 Windmill Primary School attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 28.0% 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, 2.7% of pupils at Windmill 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 Windmill Primary School had 16.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.3% 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, 20.6% of pupils at Windmill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% 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 Windmill Primary School received £11,427 and spent £11,476 for each of its 394 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £157,000 (£399 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 Windmill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Windmill Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Windmill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Windmill Primary School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Windmill Primary School have?

Windmill Primary School has 394 pupils on roll.

What age range does Windmill Primary School cover?

Windmill Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Windmill Primary School?

Windmill Primary School is at Windmill Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS10 3HQ.