Parklands Primary School
General Information
- Address: Dufton Approach, Leeds, LS14 6ED – View on map
- Phone: 01132930282
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Laura Darley
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 27 families put it first for 31 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 10 · 2024 11 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 135
- % eligible for free school meals: 37.5%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 27% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.2% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 46% moved to another school, 54% 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: 7.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 26.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communicationModerate learning difficulties
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 8.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 25 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 18 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 21 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 45% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 16 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 35% against an expected 50%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 35%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 63% · Writing 57% · Maths 49% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 45%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 102
- Based on: 49 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 186th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =184Lane End Primary School47%
- =186Middleton St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School45%
- =186Parklands Primary School45%
- =188Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Primary School44%
- =188Hunslet Moor Primary School44%
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13th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #11Morley Newlands AcademyOutstanding
- #12Morley Victoria Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #13Parklands Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #14Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #15Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary SchoolOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,738 (2024-25)
14th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #12Little London Academy£8,902
- #13Burley St Matthias Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£8,790
- #14Parklands Primary School£8,738
- #15Whitecote Primary School£8,711
- #16Richmond Hill Academy£8,695
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