Bracken Edge Primary School
General Information
- Address: Bracken Edge Primary School, Newton Garth, Leeds, LS7 4HE – View on map
- Phone: 01132623335
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Jane Griffiths
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 21 families put it first for 22 places – 10 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 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 114
- % eligible for free school meals: 32.8%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 53% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.9% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% 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.
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: 8.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 32.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 21.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 43 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 14 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 54% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 40% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 40%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 74% · Writing 60% · Maths 72% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 57 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 155th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =149Manston Primary55%
- =149Swillington Primary School55%
- =155Bracken Edge Primary School54%
- =155Brudenell Primary School54%
- =155East Ardsley Primary Academy54%
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36th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #34Beeston Primary SchoolGood
- #35Birchfield Primary SchoolGood
- #36Bracken Edge Primary SchoolGood
- #37Bramham Primary SchoolGood
- #38Broadgate Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,716 (2024-25)
62nd of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #60St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa£7,717
- #61St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£7,716
- #62Bracken Edge Primary School£7,716
- #63Adel Primary School£7,666
- #64Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£7,661
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