Castleton Primary School
General Information
- Address: Green Lane, Leeds, LS12 1JZ – View on map
- Phone: 01132637756
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Headteacher Mrs Lisa Gleadhill
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 34 families put it first for 39 places – 9 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 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 197
- % eligible for free school meals: 50.6%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 38% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10.1% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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: 7.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 21.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 33.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 139 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 14 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Vision impairment: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
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: 53% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 49% against an expected 57%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 49%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 56% · Writing 69% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 69%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 104
- Based on: 45 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 160th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =155Elements Primary School54%
- =155Greenhill Primary School54%
- =160Castleton Primary School53%
- =160Drighlington Primary School53%
- =160Middleton Primary School53%
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View full Ofsted inspection report
44th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #42Calverley Parkside Primary SchoolGood
- #43Carlton Primary SchoolGood
- #44Castleton Primary SchoolGood
- #45Chapel Allerton Primary SchoolGood
- #46Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,211 (2024-25)
31st of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #29Westwood Primary School£8,224
- #30St Marys Church of England Primary Academy£8,215
- #31Castleton Primary School£8,211
- #32Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch£8,190
- #33Hunslet Moor Primary School£8,153
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