Alder Tree Primary Academy

Alder Tree Primary Academy has undergone its first routine inspection since joining White Rose Academies Trust and is performing at a good level across all areas of education. The school demonstrates a commitment to high aspirations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The curriculum is engaging and enriched with experiences, resulting in happy and safe pupils who enjoy learning. However, there are inconsistencies in the implementation of the curriculum across different subjects, particularly in mathematics and art, which have been noted as areas for improvement.

Strengths

• High aspirations for every pupil, including those with SEND.
• Engaging and well-rounded curriculum that includes extra-curricular activities.
• Effective behaviour management leading to reduced incidents of inappropriate behaviour.
• Strong community links and parental engagement.
• Ambitious early years curriculum preparing children well for Year 1.
• Teachers receive expert guidance, leading to improved lesson planning.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the curriculum across subjects and classes.
• Teachers do not always identify misconceptions in mathematics.

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 Alder Tree Primary Academy attended 92.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.8% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Alder Tree 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 Alder Tree Primary Academy had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.0% 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, 17.2% of pupils at Alder Tree Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% 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 Alder Tree Primary Academy received £7,443 and spent £8,184 for each of its 298 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £120,000 (£404 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of White Rose Academies Trust, income was £9,308 and spending £9,306 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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Alder Tree Primary Academy is part of White Rose Academies Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Leeds City Academy Leeds
• Leeds East Academy Leeds
• Leeds West Academy Leeds

What is Alder Tree Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Alder Tree Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Alder Tree Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Alder Tree Primary Academy was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Alder Tree Primary Academy have?

Alder Tree Primary Academy has 279 pupils on roll.

What age range does Alder Tree Primary Academy cover?

Alder Tree Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Alder Tree Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Alder Tree Primary Academy?

Alder Tree Primary Academy is at Potternewton Mount, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS7 2DR.