Kirkstall Valley Primary School
General Information
- Address: Argie Road, Leeds, LS4 2QZ – View on map
- Phone: 01138878982
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Philip Robertson
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 23 families put it first for 28 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 8 · 2024 7 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 89
- % eligible for free school meals: 43.0%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 44% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.2% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 49% moved to another school, 51% 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: 7.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 21.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 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 Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
- Achievement Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
- Early years Expected standard
- Leadership and governance Expected standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 79% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 18 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 59% against an expected 53%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 59%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 83% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 105
- Based on: 24 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 36th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =36Bardsey Primary Academy79%
- =36Bramhope Primary School79%
- =36Kirkstall Valley Primary School79%
- =36St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet79%
- =36White Laith Primary School79%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,015 (2024-25)
37th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #35Iveson Primary School£8,059
- #36Ryecroft Academy£8,031
- #37Kirkstall Valley Primary School£8,015
- #38Allerton CofE Primary School£8,013
- #39Spring Bank Primary School£8,005
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