Pudsey Waterloo Primary

Pudsey Waterloo Primary School has demonstrated a commendable performance in its first inspection since becoming an academy in 2018. The school provides a positive environment where staff and pupils alike are proud to belong to the school community. Overall effectiveness, along with the quality of education, behaviour, attitudes, personal development, leadership, management, and early years provision have all been rated as good. Leaders have an ambitious vision for education and the curriculum is well-structured, allowing pupils to thrive academically and socially.

Strengths

• Positive relationships among staff and pupils
• Well-structured and ambitious curriculum
• Strong support for pupils with SEND
• High emphasis on reading and access to quality literature
• Community involvement through various events and initiatives
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils struggle with vocabulary and explaining their thinking
• Inconsistencies in curriculum clarity in certain subjects, such as PE

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 Pudsey Waterloo Primary attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Pudsey Waterloo Primary 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 Pudsey Waterloo Primary had 24.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.8% 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, 17.8% of pupils at Pudsey Waterloo Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 Pudsey Waterloo Primary received £6,313 and spent £6,752 for each of its 424 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £421,000 (£993 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Owlcotes Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,676 and spending £6,717 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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All schools in Pudsey · Leeds local authority: places and applications

Pudsey Waterloo Primary is part of Owlcotes Multi Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School Pudsey
• Calverley Parkside Primary School Pudsey
• Cobden Primary School Leeds
• Armley Park Primary School Leeds
• Morley Victoria Primary School Leeds
• Spring Bank Primary School Leeds
• Fountain Primary School Leeds
• Manor Wood Primary School Leeds
• Hovingham Primary School Leeds

What is Pudsey Waterloo Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Pudsey Waterloo Primary is Good, from an inspection in July 2022.

When was Pudsey Waterloo Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

Pudsey Waterloo Primary was last inspected in July 2022.

How many pupils does Pudsey Waterloo Primary have?

Pudsey Waterloo Primary has 416 pupils on roll.

What age range does Pudsey Waterloo Primary cover?

Pudsey Waterloo Primary for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Pudsey Waterloo Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Pudsey Waterloo Primary?

Pudsey Waterloo Primary is at Victoria Road, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 7SR.