Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School
General Information
- Address: Victoria Crescent, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 4PT – View on map
- Phone: 01132588645
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Marc Hayes
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 52 families put it first for 58 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 3 of the 58 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 13 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 13
- % eligible for free school meals: 3.1%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.6% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 40% moved to another school, 60% 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: 2.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 2.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 32 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 18 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 70% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 76% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 76%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 78% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 87%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 106
- 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: joint 78th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =73St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa71%
- =78Cross Gates Primary School70%
- =78Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School70%
- =78Little London Academy70%
- =78Rawdon Littlemoor Primary School70%
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81st of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #79Holy Name Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
- #80Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
- #81Horsforth Newlaithes Primary SchoolGood
- #82Hunslet Moor Primary SchoolGood
- #83Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,640 (2024-25)
155th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #153Calverley Parkside Primary School£6,658
- #154Roundhay St John's Church of England Primary School£6,653
- #155Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School£6,640
- #156St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby£6,638
- #157St Theresa's Catholic Primary School£6,629
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