Oulton Primary School
General Information
- Address: Green Lea, Oulton, Leeds, LS26 8NT – View on map
- Phone: 01132821344
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Barry McAlinden
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 31 families put it first for 32 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 32 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 88
- % eligible for free school meals: 31.0%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.9% 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: 6.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 25 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 17 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 12 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- 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: 42% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 19 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 45% against an expected 56%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 45%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 53% · Writing 56% · Maths 56% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 53%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 101
- Based on: 45 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 196th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =196Bramley St Peter's Church of England Primary School42%
- =196Hunslet Carr Primary School42%
- =196Oulton Primary School42%
- #199Hawksworth Wood Primary School41%
- =200Asquith Primary School40%
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107th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #105Otley All Saints CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #106Otley the Whartons Primary SchoolGood
- #107Oulton Primary SchoolGood
- #108Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #109Pool-in-Wharfedale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,502 (2024-25)
19th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #17Hollybush Primary£8,617
- #18Ireland Wood Primary School£8,606
- #19Oulton Primary School£8,502
- #20Co-op Academy Beckfield£8,497
- #21Middleton Primary School£8,462
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