Manston Primary
General Information
- Address: Manston Primary, Leeds, LS15 8SD – View on map
- Phone: 01132645445
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr James Clay
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 27 families put it first for 30 places – 9 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 13 · 2024 11 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 56
- % eligible for free school meals: 27.1%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.5% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 35% moved to another school, 65% 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: 6.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 15.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 24.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 23 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 3 pupils
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: 55% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 65% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 66% · Writing 72% · Maths 76% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 79%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- Based on: 29 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 149th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =149Kippax Greenfield Primary School55%
- =149Lower Wortley Primary School55%
- =149Manston Primary55%
- =149Swillington Primary School55%
- =155Bracken Edge Primary School54%
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99th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #97Lower Wortley Primary SchoolGood
- #98Lowtown Primary SchoolGood
- #99Manston PrimaryGood
- #100Meadowfield Primary SchoolGood
- #101Meanwood Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,220 (2024-25)
95th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #93Broadgate Primary School£7,232
- #94Bramham Primary School£7,224
- #95Manston Primary£7,220
- #96Harehills Primary School£7,208
- #97Lowtown Primary School£7,197
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