East Ardsley Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Fall Lane, East Ardsley, Wakefield, WF3 2BA – View on map
- Phone: 01138879023
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Sarah Talbot
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 47 families put it first for 54 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 54 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 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: 57
- % eligible for free school meals: 14.5%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.3% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 21% moved to another school, 79% 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: 4.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Speech, language and communication 16 places · 5 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 21 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 15 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 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: 54% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 60% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 68% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 74%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 102
- 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
- =155Bracken Edge Primary School54%
- =155Brudenell Primary School54%
- =155East Ardsley Primary Academy54%
- =155Elements Primary School54%
- =155Greenhill Primary School54%
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58th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #56Cross Gates Primary SchoolGood
- #57Deighton Gates Primary SchoolGood
- #58East Ardsley Primary AcademyGood
- #59East Garforth Primary AcademyGood
- #60Elements Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,748 (2024-25)
144th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #142St Benedict's Catholic Primary School£6,756
- #143Park View Primary Academy£6,753
- #144East Ardsley Primary Academy£6,748
- #145Gledhow Primary School£6,735
- #146Bardsey Primary Academy£6,728
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