Park View Primary Academy

Park View Primary Academy is an inclusive, caring and aspirational primary school in Leeds and is part of Delta Academies Trust. Inspectors found that the school has moved on from its previous judgment of requires improvement, with behaviour and attitudes, personal development and early years provision judged outstanding, while the quality of education and leadership and management are good. Pupils are safe, happy and confident, relationships are positive, attendance is strong and parents are overwhelmingly positive about the school. The school’s strengths include a carefully designed curriculum, quick identification and effective support for pupils with SEND, strong phonics and reading teaching, an exceptional early years start, rich personal development and character opportunities, robust governance and well-developed staff expertise. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The main concern is that curriculum refinements are not yet fully addressing historic gaps in learning. Some pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, have not secured the knowledge they need, which limits how well they achieve by the end of key stage 2. The trust should continue its work to remove barriers so that pupils achieve well and are fully prepared for the next stage of their education.

Strengths

• Inclusive, aspirational and caring culture with pupils at the heart of decisions
• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes, with kind, polite and respectful pupils
• Outstanding personal development and exceptional character development
• Wide range of leadership, extra-curricular, trust-wide and charitable opportunities
• Strong early years provision with meticulously designed indoor and outdoor environments
• Children in Nursery are well prepared for reading and make an extremely strong start
• Effective phonics and reading curriculum, with timely support for pupils who need it
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and well supported through tailored interventions
• Ambitious curriculum with well-embedded routines to check understanding
• Pupils are safe, confident, happy and attend well
• Robust and highly effective governance, with strong trust support
• Staff expertise is well developed and staff well-being is a priority
• Parents are overwhelmingly happy with the school
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, have gaps in knowledge that limit how well they achieve by the end of key stage 2
• The full impact of curriculum improvements on pupils’ outcomes is still developing

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 Park View Primary Academy attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.8% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Park View Primary Academy 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 Park View Primary Academy had 23.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.4% 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, 16.2% of pupils at Park View Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% 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 2024–25 Park View Primary Academy received £7,862 and spent £7,038 for each of its 215 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £341,000 (£1,584 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

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.

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

• Manor Croft Academy Dewsbury
• Ryecroft Primary Academy Bradford
• Eastborough Academy Dewsbury
• Heckmondwike Primary Academy Heckmondwike
• Garforth Academy Leeds
• Lower Fields Primary Academy Bradford
• Greengates Primary Academy Bradford
• Green Lane Primary Academy Leeds
• East Garforth Primary Academy Leeds
• Hanson Academy Bradford

What is Park View Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Park View Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Park View Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Park View Primary Academy was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Park View Primary Academy have?

Park View Primary Academy has 228 pupils on roll.

What age range does Park View Primary Academy cover?

Park View Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Park View Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 44% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Park View Primary Academy?

Park View Primary Academy is at Harlech Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 7DG.