Meanwood Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Green Road, Meanwood, Leeds, LS6 4LD – View on map
- Phone: 01132755883
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Jamie Chapman
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 19
- % eligible for free school meals: 8.9%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 9% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.3% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 37% moved to another school, 63% 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: 3.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Multi-sensory impairment: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 90% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 23% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 29 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 85% against an expected 72%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 85%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 93% · Writing 93% · Maths 93% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 97%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 107
- Based on: 30 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 5th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =2Shire Oak VC Primary School93%
- #4St Francis Catholic Primary School, Morley91%
- =5Meanwood Church of England Primary School90%
- =5West End Primary School90%
- =5Wigton Moor Primary School90%
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98th of 169 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #96Manston PrimaryGood
- #97Meadowfield Primary SchoolGood
- #98Meanwood Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #99Methley Primary SchoolGood
- #100Middleton Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,501 (2024-25)
168th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #166Barwick-in-Elmet CofE Primary School and Nursery£6,538
- #167Hill Top Primary Academy£6,534
- #168Meanwood Church of England Primary School£6,501
- #169Ebor Gardens Primary Academy£6,480
- #170Hillcrest Academy£6,479
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