East Garforth Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Aberford Road, East Garforth, Leeds, LS25 2HF – View on map
- Phone: 01132127100
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Christopher Parkinson
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 20 families put it first for 20 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 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 21
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.2%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.2% 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: 3.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 17 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
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: 87% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 40% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 26 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 87% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 87%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 87% · Writing 90% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 113
- 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 9th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- #8Tranmere Park Primary School88%
- =9Crossley Street Primary School87%
- =9East Garforth Primary Academy87%
- =9Horsforth Featherbank Primary School87%
- =9Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy87%
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59th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #57Deighton Gates Primary SchoolGood
- #58East Ardsley Primary AcademyGood
- #59East Garforth Primary AcademyGood
- #60Elements Primary SchoolGood
- #61Farsley Farfield Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,653 (2024-25)
204th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #202Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£5,685
- #203Westerton Primary Academy£5,683
- #204East Garforth Primary Academy£5,653
- #205Morley Newlands Academy£5,569
- #206Templenewsam Halton Primary School£5,541
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