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Green Lane Primary Academy

Primary Ages 3-11 445 pupils Leeds
Ofsted: Outstanding
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Green Lane Primary Academy is an academy converter in Leeds for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 445 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Green Lane Primary Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2023. In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Pupils turn up more reliably than at almost any other primary school: they missed just 3% of sessions in 2024/25, against 5.2% nationally.

Ofsted inspection: December 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Unknown
Address Ribblesdale Avenue
Garforth
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS25 2JX
Phone 01132127107
Reference Number 136326

General Makeup

Number of pupils 445
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 46.52%
Girls: 53.48%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 10.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.2
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 19 32 51
2 31 25 56
3 28 31 59
4 30 33 63
5 25 35 60
6 27 33 60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 78.4%
Chinese 6.3%
White, Other 3.4%
White & Asian 2.2%
Unclassified 2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.8%
Mixed, Other 1.8%
Indian 1.1%
White & Black (African) 0.4%
Irish 0.2%

Green Lane Primary Academy has received its first inspection and is performing at an outstanding level across all domains, including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. Leaders set high expectations for both academic and social outcomes, fostering a positive environment where pupils thrive, feel safe, and develop a love for learning. The curriculum is ambitious and effectively tailored to meet local needs, ensuring all pupils, including those with SEND, are well supported and achieve success.

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Early Years Provision Outstanding
Last Report Date 15 Nov 2023
Date Report
15 Nov 2023 School inspection:
14 Feb 2012 Academy conversion letter
05 Jun 2009 Full inspection:
Previously as Garforth Green Lane Primary School
05 Jul 2006 Full inspection:
28 Feb 2000 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Exceptional early years provision that immerses children in learning.
  • Rigorous early reading programme resulting in fluent readers.
  • Strong curriculum design with clear expectations and high-quality resources.
  • Effective support for pupils with SEND ensuring integration and success.
  • Comprehensive personal development programme promoting character and world view.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 83%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 20%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 110
Maths 108

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 2.1
Writing 1.1
Maths 0.8

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 53 0
Third Preference 37 1
From another Local Authority 4 4

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Green Lane Primary Academy had 408 pupils for 420 places. 12 places (2.9%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Garforth” planning area

Leeds counted 186 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 215 in 2029–30, up 16%.

20112012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 376350350350376376376376420420420420420420
Pupils 386337344349386405417408409404416417413408
Unfilled 0.0%3.7%1.7%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.6%3.8%1.0%0.7%1.7%2.9%

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 Green Lane Primary Academy attended 97.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.4%2.8%2.3%2.5%2.7%2.2%1.6%3.7%3.0%3.0%2.2%
Unauthorised absence 0.5%0.7%0.6%0.9%1.0%0.9%0.3%0.8%0.8%1.0%0.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 Green Lane Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.00.00.41.80.40.00.20.00.00.00.0
Permanent exclusions 000000000000000

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 Green Lane Primary Academy had 25.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.011.013.013.913.712.814.813.915.214.215.414.815.916.314.215.2
Teachers who left state teaching 13.4%15.8%13.0%15.2%5.8%6.9%5.7%12.0%0.0%5.5%3.7%16.1%12.2%0.0%11.5%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –54.5%55.0%73.7%59.1%45.8%57.1%35.0%36.8%–41.2%47.8%55.0%36.8%57.1%–
Sick days per teacher –2.32.13.62.01.64.72.10.5–2.56.417.01.63.2–

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, 11.7% of pupils at Green Lane Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 20 1
Specific learning difficulty 14 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 5 1
Social, emotional and mental health 4 1
No specialist assessment of need 3 0
Hearing impairment 2 0
Moderate learning difficulty 2 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Physical disability 1 0

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 2024–25 Green Lane Primary Academy received £5,811 and spent £5,603 for each of its 413 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £472,000 (£1,144 per pupil).

Across all 62 schools of Delta Academies Trust, income was £7,459 and spending £7,562 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £477,000£598,000£696,000£474,000£508,000£510,000£472,000
per pupil £1,111£1,436£1,637£1,086£1,168£1,229£1,144
In-year balance £185,000-£51,000£54,000£42,000-£42,000£20,000£86,000
per pupil £430-£121£127£96-£96£48£208

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Ninelands Primary School
Ninelands Lane, Garforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 1NT
0.44 miles
East Garforth Primary Academy
Aberford Road, East Garforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 2HF
0.61 miles
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Station Fields, Garforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 1PS
0.79 miles
Kippax North Primary School
Brexdale Avenue, Kippax, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 7EJ
0.92 miles
Strawberry Fields Primary School
Lidgett Lane, Garforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 1LL
1.05 miles
Kippax Greenfield Primary School
Ebor Mount, Kippax, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 7PA
1.31 miles
Kippax Ash Tree Primary School
Gibson Lane, Kippax, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 7JL
1.39 miles
Micklefield Church of England Primary Academy
Great North Road, Micklefield, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 4AQ
1.62 miles
Great Preston VC CofE Primary School
Preston Lane, Great Preston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS26 8AR
2.38 miles
Swillington Primary School
Church Lane, Swillington, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS26 8DX
2.5 miles
Lady Elizabeth Hastings CofE Primary School
Green Lane, Ledston, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 2BD
2.61 miles
Aberford Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Aberford, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 3BU
2.83 miles
Colton Primary School
School Lane, Colton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 9AL
2.88 miles
Austhorpe Primary School
Austhorpe Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 8TP
2.93 miles
Allerton Bywater Primary School
Leeds Road, Allerton Bywater, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 2DR
2.93 miles
Barwick-in-Elmet CofE Primary School and Nursery
Chapel Lane, Barwick-in-Elmet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 4HL
2.98 miles
Manston St James Primary Academy
Sandbed Lane, Crossgates, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 8JH
3.56 miles
Whitkirk Primary School
Templegate Walk, Whitkirk, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 0EU
3.63 miles
Manston Primary
Manston Primary, Dennil Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 8SD
3.63 miles
Scholes (Elmet) Primary School
Station Road, Scholes, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 4BJ
3.63 miles
Name Distance
Garforth Academy
Lidgett Lane, Garforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 1LJ
1 miles
Brigshaw High School
Brigshaw Lane, Allerton Bywater, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 2HR
2.34 miles
John Smeaton Academy
Barwick Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 8TA
3.31 miles
Temple Moor High School
Field End Grove, Selby Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 0PT
3.89 miles
Leeds East Academy
South Parkway, Leeds, LS14 6HA
4.26 miles
The Grange School
Methley Rd, Castleford, WF10 1PN
4.46 miles
Sherburn High School
Garden Lane, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 6AS
4.48 miles
Castleford Academy
Ferrybridge Road, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 4JQ
4.55 miles
Temple Learning Academy
Neville Road, Leeds, LS15 0NN
4.7 miles
Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Neville Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 0TT
4.84 miles
The Pivot Academy LS East
Unit 7 Killingbeck Drive, York rd, Leeds, LS14 6UF
4.85 miles
Bishop Young Church of England Academy
Bishops Way, Seacroft, Bishop Young C of E Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS14 6NU
4.96 miles

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Green Lane Primary Academy is part of Delta Academies Trust, which runs 62 schools. The nearest others:

What is Green Lane Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Green Lane Primary Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Green Lane Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Green Lane Primary Academy was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Green Lane Primary Academy have?

Green Lane Primary Academy has 445 pupils on roll.

What age range does Green Lane Primary Academy cover?

Green Lane Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Green Lane Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Green Lane Primary Academy?

Green Lane Primary Academy is at Ribblesdale Avenue, Garforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS25 2JX.

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