South Milford Primary School
General Information
- Address: Sand Lane, South Milford, Leeds, LS25 5AU – View on map
- Phone: 01977682359
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Headteacher Melanie Lawrence
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 28 families put it first for 28 places – 10 for every 10 places. 96% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 8 · 2025 7 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 17
- % eligible for free school meals: 8.9%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 38% moved to another school, 62% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across North Yorkshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.0 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 North Yorkshire, 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: 3.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 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: 52% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 62% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 62%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 86% · Writing 55% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 79%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106
- Based on: 29 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 166th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =159Topcliffe CofE Academy53%
- =166Alverton Primary School52%
- =166South Milford Primary School52%
- =168Friarage Community Academy51%
- =168Richmond Methodist Primary School51%
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167th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #165Snainton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #166Snape Community Primary SchoolGood
- #167South Milford Primary SchoolGood
- #168Sowerby Primary AcademyGood
- #169Spennithorne Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,180 (2024-25)
255th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #253Pannal Primary School£5,224
- #254Newby and Scalby Academy£5,197
- #255South Milford Primary School£5,180
- #256Aspin Park Academy£5,098
- #257Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School£5,063
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