Low Road Primary School

Low Road Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas. Pupils are happy and feel safe, enjoying a broad and engaging curriculum complemented by enriching activities that promote their development. The school places a strong emphasis on music, ensuring every pupil learns to play an instrument. Additionally, the school demonstrates a commitment to inclusivity, providing support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). This marks the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the inspectors have factored this context into their evaluation.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy coming to school and feel safe.
• The curriculum is broad and engaging, with high aspirations for all pupils.
• Music is central to the school culture, with every pupil learning an instrument.
• The school promotes reading for pleasure effectively.
• Staff provide a nurturing environment that supports pupil well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils struggle to remember curriculum content over longer periods.
• Opportunities to help children develop communication and language skills in early years are occasionally missed.

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 Low Road Primary School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.8% 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 Low Road 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 Low Road Primary School had 30.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 55.9% 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, 13.7% of pupils at Low Road Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 Low Road Primary School received £7,540 and spent £7,777 for each of its 183 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £21,000 (-£114 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 Low Road Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Low Road Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Low Road Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Low Road Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Low Road Primary School have?

Low Road Primary School has 183 pupils on roll.

What age range does Low Road Primary School cover?

Low Road Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Low Road Primary School?

Low Road Primary School is at Belinda Street, Off Church Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS10 2PS.