Beeston Primary School
General Information
- Address: Town Street, Leeds, LS11 8PN – View on map
- Phone: 01132716978
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr N Edensor
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 67 families put it first for 81 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 8 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 195
- % eligible for free school meals: 31.3%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 27% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.7% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 26% moved to another school, 74% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Leeds: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 22 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Leeds, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 15.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 21.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 75 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 19 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 18 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 18 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 16 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 59% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 56% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 73% · Maths 72% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 81%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 88 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 139th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =133St Chad's Church of England Primary School60%
- =133St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School60%
- =139Beeston Primary School59%
- =139Great Preston VC CofE Primary School59%
- =139Iveson Primary School59%
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34th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #32Bankside Primary SchoolGood
- #33Beeston Hill St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #34Beeston Primary SchoolGood
- #35Birchfield Primary SchoolGood
- #36Bracken Edge Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,129 (2024-25)
103rd of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #101Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Primary School£7,144
- #102Crossley Street Primary School£7,134
- #103Beeston Primary School£7,129
- #104Fieldhead Carr Primary School£7,121
- #105Middleton St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£7,106
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