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
- 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.
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
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 202nd of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =200Asquith Primary School40%
- =200Lawns Park Primary School40%
- =202New Bewerley Community School39%
- =202Seacroft Grange Primary School39%
- =204Grange Farm Primary School38%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,264 (2024-25)
3rd of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #1Queensway Primary School£15,543
- #2Windmill Primary School£9,569
- #3New Bewerley Community School£9,264
- #4St Peter's Church of England Primary School£9,261
- #5Summerfield Primary School£9,180
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