Hugh Gaitskell Primary School
General Information
- Address: St Anthony's Drive, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 8AB – View on map
- Phone: 01132716963
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Kate McNulty
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 47 families put it first for 64 places – 7 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 64 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 7
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 183
- % eligible for free school meals: 33.2%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 58% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.9% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 30% moved to another school, 70% 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: 6.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 19.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 27.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 62 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 33 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 23 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 21 pupils
- Physical disability: 7 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card March 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
- Achievement Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
- Early years Needs attention
- Leadership and governance Needs attention
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 43% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 18 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 41% against an expected 56%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 41%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 56% · Writing 56% · Maths 53% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 62%
- Average test scores: reading 101, maths 99
- Based on: 79 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 191st of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =191Grimes Dyke Primary School43%
- =191Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy43%
- =191Hugh Gaitskell Primary School43%
- =191Shakespeare Primary School43%
- =196Bramley St Peter's Church of England Primary School42%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,724 (2024-25)
147th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #145Gledhow Primary School£6,735
- #146Bardsey Primary Academy£6,728
- #147Hugh Gaitskell Primary School£6,724
- #148Rawdon St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,696
- #149St Philip's Catholic Primary School£6,683
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