Colton Primary School
General Information
- Address: School Lane, Colton, Leeds, LS15 9AL – View on map
- Phone: 01132647514
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Amanda Lightfoot
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 41 families put it first for 30 places – 14 for every 10 places. 71% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 11 · 2025 13 · 2026 14
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 14
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.3%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.1% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 3.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 23 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 15 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 55% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 64% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 66% · Writing 59% · Maths 66% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 66%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
- Based on: 29 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 149th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- #148Methley Primary School56%
- =149Co-op Academy Woodlands55%
- =149Colton Primary School55%
- =149Kippax Greenfield Primary School55%
- =149Lower Wortley Primary School55%
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4th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #2Blenheim Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #3Bramley Park AcademyOutstanding
- #4Colton Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #5Crossley Street Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #6Ebor Gardens Primary AcademyOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,667 (2024-25)
152nd of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #150Valley View Community Primary School£6,674
- #151Seven Hills Primary School£6,668
- #152Colton Primary School£6,667
- #153Calverley Parkside Primary School£6,658
- #154Roundhay St John's Church of England Primary School£6,653
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