Five Lanes Primary School
General Information
- Address: Stradbroke Way, Wortley, Leeds, LS12 4NB – View on map
- Phone: 01132790122
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Headteacher Joanna Mercer
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 40 families put it first for 48 places – 8 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 11 · 2024 11 · 2025 12 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 85
- % eligible for free school meals: 19.7%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 10% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.9% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 22% moved to another school, 78% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 21 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 20 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
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: 35% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 26 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 50% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 50%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 63% · Writing 48% · Maths 57% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 58%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 100
- Based on: 60 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: 206th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =204Grange Farm Primary School38%
- =204St Marys Church of England Primary Academy38%
- #206Five Lanes Primary School35%
- =207Beeston Hill St Luke's Church of England Primary School33%
- =207Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch33%
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65th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #63Farsley Westroyd Primary School and NurseryGood
- #64Fieldhead Carr Primary SchoolGood
- #65Five Lanes Primary SchoolGood
- #66Fountain Primary SchoolGood
- #67Gledhow Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,935 (2024-25)
123rd of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #121Beechwood Primary School£6,949
- #122Christ The King Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£6,940
- #123Five Lanes Primary School£6,935
- #124Robin Hood Primary School£6,927
- #125Gildersome Primary School£6,922
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