Greenhill Primary School

Greenhill Primary School is a warm, welcoming primary where pupils are safe, happy and respectful. Inspectors found all key areas good, with a broad and rapidly developing curriculum, strong early reading and early years provision, effective pastoral care and good personal development. Pupils with SEND are fully included, and staff morale and governor commitment are high. The school has improved rapidly and most pupils learn and remember well. In a small number of wider curriculum subjects, however, leaders have not clearly identified the most important knowledge and skills, so pupils' understanding in those areas is less secure. Some pupils also do not attend regularly enough, which means they miss important learning and wider experiences. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. This was a graded inspection, and the school was not given an overall effectiveness grade under the current framework; its previous inspection grade was Good. The headteacher has been in post since September 2022.

Strengths

• Warm and welcoming ethos where pupils are safe, happy and respectful
• High expectations of pupils' conduct, with effective support for those who need help managing behaviour
• Broad and effective curriculum that is developing rapidly
• High expectations for all pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND
• Pupils with SEND are fully included in school life, including the school council
• Staff access strong training and networking, with generally high morale
• Committed governors who carry out statutory duties and support improvement
• Clear curriculum knowledge in most subjects, with effective revisiting and misconception addressing
• Highly effective early reading and phonics provision with well-trained support staff
• Strong early years provision that prepares children well for Year 1
• Effective pastoral support and clear routines that develop pupils' emotional development and resilience
• Highly effective PSHE curriculum and a wide range of character-building opportunities
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Important knowledge and skills are not clearly identified in a small number of wider curriculum subjects, so pupils' knowledge lacks depth
• Some pupils do not attend school regularly enough and miss learning and wider experiences

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 Greenhill Primary School attended 92.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.5% 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, 2.9% of pupils at Greenhill 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 Greenhill Primary School had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.3% 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, 24.4% of pupils at Greenhill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Greenhill Primary School received £8,807 and spent £9,154 for each of its 344 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £47,000 (£136 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 Greenhill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Greenhill Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Greenhill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Greenhill Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Greenhill Primary School have?

Greenhill Primary School has 353 pupils on roll.

What age range does Greenhill Primary School cover?

Greenhill Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Greenhill Primary School?

Greenhill Primary School is at Gamble Hill Drive, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS13 4JJ.