Cross Gates Primary School
General Information
- Address: Poole Crescent, Leeds, LS15 7NB – View on map
- Phone: 01132645763
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sophie Wilkinson
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 35 families put it first for 29 places – 12 for every 10 places. 80% 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 10 · 2024 11 · 2025 12 · 2026 12
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 91
- % eligible for free school meals: 38.7%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (similar to the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 13% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.3% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 25% moved to another school, 75% 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: 7.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 22.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 35 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 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
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 70% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 63% against an expected 56%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 63%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 70% · Maths 87% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 107
- Based on: 30 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 78th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =73Farsley Farfield Primary School71%
- =73St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa71%
- =78Cross Gates Primary School70%
- =78Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School70%
- =78Little London Academy70%
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56th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #54Cookridge Primary SchoolGood
- #55Corpus Christi Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #56Cross Gates Primary SchoolGood
- #57Deighton Gates Primary SchoolGood
- #58East Ardsley Primary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,850 (2024-25)
50th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #48Bramley St Peter's Church of England Primary School£7,896
- #49Wykebeck Primary School£7,871
- #50Cross Gates Primary School£7,850
- #51Hawksworth Church of England Primary School£7,847
- #52St Bartholomew's CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School£7,837
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