Cockburn Haigh Road Academy

Cockburn Haigh Road Academy has undergone its first Ofsted inspection and has been rated as good overall. The school fosters a welcoming and supportive environment where pupils feel safe, cared for, and engaged in their learning. Relationships between staff and pupils are described as warm and nurturing, contributing positively to pupils' behaviour and attitudes. The school is committed to improving educational outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs, demonstrating high expectations across the board.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between adults and pupils fostering a nurturing environment.
• High expectations from leaders for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Good progress in reading with a strong phonics program in place.
• An engaging curriculum with a variety of extracurricular activities.
• Effective early years provision that supports children's social skills and learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects are in the early stages of curriculum implementation and not fully embedded.
• Lack of consistent systems for checking pupils' knowledge in all subjects.
• Inconsistent expectations of pupils' learning behaviours and presentation of work in some subjects.

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 Cockburn Haigh Road Academy attended 94.7% 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 Cockburn Haigh Road 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 Cockburn Haigh Road Academy had 11.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 38.1% 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, 36.5% of pupils at Cockburn Haigh Road Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% 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 Cockburn Haigh Road Academy received £12,139 and spent £13,567 for each of its 72 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £214,000 (£2,972 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Cockburn Multi Academy Trust, income was £9,119 and spending £8,183 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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Cockburn Haigh Road Academy is part of Cockburn Multi Academy Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy Leeds
• Cockburn John Charles Academy Leeds
• Middleton Primary School Leeds
• Cockburn School Leeds
• Cockburn Ingram Road Academy Leeds

What is Cockburn Haigh Road Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cockburn Haigh Road Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Cockburn Haigh Road Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Cockburn Haigh Road Academy was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Cockburn Haigh Road Academy have?

Cockburn Haigh Road Academy has 63 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cockburn Haigh Road Academy cover?

Cockburn Haigh Road Academy for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Cockburn Haigh Road Academy?

Cockburn Haigh Road Academy is at Haigh Road, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0NQ.