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New Bewerley Community School

General Information

  • Address: Bismarck Drive, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 6TB – View on map
  • Phone: 01138878718
  • Website: Visit school website
  • Headteacher: Mrs Juli Aldwinkle
  • Age range: 4-11 years
  • Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 18 families put it first for 20 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 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
  • Sixth form: No
  • Intake: Mixed
  • Religious character: Does not apply
  • Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

350 pupils out of 420 places
  • Pupils eligible for free school meals: 174
  • % eligible for free school meals: 49.7%
  • Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
  • English as an additional language: 53% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

  • Teacher turnover: 27.6% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
  • Where they went: about 43% moved to another school, 57% 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: 5.4%
  • Persistently absent pupils: 16.7%
  • Data year: 2024/25

SEN

  • Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesHearing impairmentPhysical disability 30 places · 30 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

  • Pupils on SEN Support: 18.9%
  • Pupils with an EHC Plan: 8.9%
  • Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

  • Speech, language and communications needs: 33 pupils
  • Moderate learning difficulty: 20 pupils
  • Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
  • Vision impairment: 1 pupil
  • Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

  • Autistic spectrum disorder: 16 pupils
  • Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
  • Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
  • Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
  • Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card January 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 Expected standard
  • Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
  • Early years Expected standard
  • Leadership and governance Expected standard

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Requires improvement (2023). The report card above replaces that grade.

Year 6 SATs results

  • Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 39% (England 62%)
  • Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
  • Compared with the area: 22 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
  • Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 35% against an expected 55%)
  • 3-year average (expected standard): 35%
  • Expected standard by subject: Reading 58% · Writing 54% · Maths 56% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
  • Average test scores: reading 103, maths 100
  • Based on: 59 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

SATs results over time

2022/232023/242024/2532%36%39%
This schoolLeeds averageEngland Improving Up 7 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 22 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%).

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £9,264 (2024-25)

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