Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School

Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School has received an outstanding rating from Ofsted in its first routine inspection since it became an academy in 2018. The school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision have all been evaluated as outstanding. The pupils are happy and engaged, demonstrating exemplary behaviour and a readiness to learn. The broad and ambitious curriculum has strong foundations, and teachers are well-equipped to deliver high-quality education, helping all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve exceptionally well.

Strengths

• High levels of pupil engagement and enjoyment in lessons.
• Exemplary behaviour and attitudes among pupils.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND.
• Effective and well-established curriculum across all key stages.
• Teachers possess strong subject knowledge and teaching strategies.
• Rich cultural and enrichment opportunities provided for pupils.

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 Primrose Hill Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.9% 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 Primrose Hill 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 Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School had 18.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.1% 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, 12.6% of pupils at Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% 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 2024–25 Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School received £5,873 and spent £6,459 for each of its 466 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £874,000 (£1,875 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 Primrose Hill Primary School is part of Owlcotes Multi Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School have?

Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School has 470 pupils on roll.

What age range does Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School cover?

Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School?

Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School is at Primrose Hill, Stanningley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 6AB.