Rufford Park Primary School
General Information
- Address: Rufford Avenue, Leeds, LS19 7QR – View on map
- Phone: 01133910906
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr David Cooke
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 41 families put it first for 41 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 3 of the 41 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 43
- % eligible for free school meals: 13.3%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 10% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 2.3% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 4.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 29 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
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: 75% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 14 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 69% against an expected 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 69%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 89% · Writing 75% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 92%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 107
- Based on: 36 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 53rd of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =53Farsley Springbank Primary School75%
- =53Manor Wood Primary School75%
- =53Rufford Park Primary School75%
- =53St Urban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy75%
- =58Otley All Saints CofE Primary School74%
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121st of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #119Rosebank Primary SchoolGood
- #120Rothwell Primary SchoolGood
- #121Rufford Park Primary SchoolGood
- #122Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
- #123Scholes (Elmet) Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,982 (2024-25)
119th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #117Carlton Primary School£6,987
- #118Kippax Greenfield Primary School£6,984
- #119Rufford Park Primary School£6,982
- #120Low Road Primary School£6,957
- #121Beechwood Primary School£6,949
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