Highfield Primary School
General Information
- Address: Sandringham Green, Leeds, LS17 8DJ – View on map
- Phone: 01132930155
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Feeley
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 63 families put it first for 60 places – 11 for every 10 places. 86% 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 8 · 2025 8 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 22
- % eligible for free school meals: 5.3%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 39% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 4.5% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% 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: 3.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 3.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 22 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 17 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 13 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 80% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 25% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 19 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 72% against an expected 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 72%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 85% · Writing 88% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 109
- Based on: 59 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 32nd of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =27St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa82%
- =32Austhorpe Primary School80%
- =32Highfield Primary School80%
- =32Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School80%
- =32Valley View Community Primary School80%
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8th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #6Ebor Gardens Primary AcademyOutstanding
- #7Green Lane Primary AcademyOutstanding
- #8Highfield Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #9Horsforth Featherbank Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #10Moortown Primary SchoolOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,201 (2024-25)
181st of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #179Whitkirk Primary School£6,280
- #180Calverley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,208
- #181Highfield Primary School£6,201
- #182St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£6,194
- #183Allerton Bywater Primary School£6,173
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