Gledhow Primary School
General Information
- Address: Lidgett Lane, Leeds, LS8 1PL – View on map
- Phone: 01132930392
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Parkinson
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 92 families put it first for 89 places – 10 for every 10 places. 84% 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 9 · 2025 7 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 64
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.0%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 15% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.2% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 79% moved to another school, 21% 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: 3.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 35 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 14 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 14 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 69% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 68% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 68%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 73% · Maths 81% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 105
- Based on: 90 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 86th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =78Stanningley Primary School70%
- =86All Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary School69%
- =86Gledhow Primary School69%
- =86Holy Family Catholic Primary School69%
- =86St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston69%
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67th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #65Five Lanes Primary SchoolGood
- #66Fountain Primary SchoolGood
- #67Gledhow Primary SchoolGood
- #68Grange Farm Primary SchoolGood
- #69Great Preston VC CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,735 (2024-25)
145th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #143Park View Primary Academy£6,753
- #144East Ardsley Primary Academy£6,748
- #145Gledhow Primary School£6,735
- #146Bardsey Primary Academy£6,728
- #147Hugh Gaitskell Primary School£6,724
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