Methley Primary School
General Information
- Address: Savile Road, Methley, Leeds, LS26 9HT – View on map
- Phone: 01133206207
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sallie Elliott
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 27
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.5%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.1% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 60% moved to another school, 40% 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: 4.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 12 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 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: 56% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 67% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 67%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 81% · Writing 65% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 58%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 103
- Based on: 48 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: 148th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =145Whitkirk Primary School58%
- #147Victoria Primary Academy57%
- #148Methley Primary School56%
- =149Co-op Academy Woodlands55%
- =149Colton Primary School55%
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99th of 169 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #97Meadowfield Primary SchoolGood
- #98Meanwood Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #99Methley Primary SchoolGood
- #100Middleton Primary SchoolGood
- #101Ninelands Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £4,652 (2024-25)
209th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #207Bramhope Primary School£5,448
- #208Green Lane Primary Academy£5,319
- #209Methley Primary School£4,652
- #210Churwell Primary Academy£3,394
- #211Aberford Church of England Primary School£3,327
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