Blackgates Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Smithy Lane, Tingley, Wakefield, WF3 1QQ – View on map
- Phone: 01138878155
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Julie Coulson
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 22 families put it first for 22 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 22 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 11 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 97
- % eligible for free school meals: 46.0%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7.8% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 67% moved to another school, 33% 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: 5.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 30.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 42 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 15 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 50% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 49% against an expected 53%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 49%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 74% · Writing 65% · Maths 68% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 62%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 105
- Based on: 34 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 170th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- #169Manston St James Primary Academy51%
- =170Ashfield Primary School50%
- =170Blackgates Primary Academy50%
- =170Co-op Academy Brownhill50%
- =170Deighton Gates Primary School50%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,462 (2024-25)
22nd of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #20Co-op Academy Beckfield£8,497
- #21Middleton Primary School£8,462
- #22Blackgates Primary Academy£8,462
- #23Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£8,443
- #24Swinnow Primary School£8,426
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