Swinnow Primary School
General Information
- Address: Swinnow Road, Leeds, LS13 4PG – View on map
- Phone: 01133783100
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Andrew Rowney
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 22 families put it first for 22 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 10 · 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: 77
- % eligible for free school meals: 38.7%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 10% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7.9% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 81% moved to another school, 19% 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: 5.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 21 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 61% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 47% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 47%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 71% · Writing 64% · Maths 68% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 61%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
- Based on: 28 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 129th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =129Quarry Mount Primary School61%
- =129St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School61%
- =129Swinnow Primary School61%
- =129Whitecote Primary School61%
- =133Fieldhead Carr Primary School60%
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175th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #173Primrose Lane Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #174Spring Bank Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #175Swinnow Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #176Cockburn Ingram Road AcademyInadequate
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,426 (2024-25)
24th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #22Blackgates Primary Academy£8,462
- #23Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£8,443
- #24Swinnow Primary School£8,426
- #25All Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary School£8,318
- #26Co-op Academy Woodlands£8,295
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