Shakespeare Primary School
General Information
- Address: Lincoln Road, Leeds, LS9 7NP – View on map
- Phone: 01135351000
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Julian Gorton
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 64 families put it first for 64 places – 10 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 8 · 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: 263
- % eligible for free school meals: 41.5%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 74% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10.9% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 53% moved to another school, 47% 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: 4.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 15.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 101 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 21 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 12 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 43% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 18 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 44% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 44%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 51% · Writing 51% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 62%
- Average test scores: reading 101, maths 104
- Based on: 87 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 191st of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =191Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy43%
- =191Hugh Gaitskell Primary School43%
- =191Shakespeare Primary School43%
- =196Bramley St Peter's Church of England Primary School42%
- =196Hunslet Carr Primary School42%
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126th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #124Seacroft Grange Primary SchoolGood
- #125Seven Hills Primary SchoolGood
- #126Shakespeare Primary SchoolGood
- #127Sharp Lane Primary SchoolGood
- #128Shire Oak VC Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,978 (2024-25)
41st of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #39Spring Bank Primary School£8,005
- #40Quarry Mount Primary School£8,001
- #41Shakespeare Primary School£7,978
- #42Primrose Lane Primary School£7,975
- #43Bankside Primary School£7,966
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