Westwood Primary School
General Information
- Address: Bodmin Garth, Leeds, LS10 4NU – View on map
- Phone: 01132712420
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Hayley Mennell
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 35 families put it first for 35 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 35 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 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: 140
- % eligible for free school meals: 51.1%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 11% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.6% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 75% moved to another school, 25% 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: 5.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 22 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 18 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 12 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 62% against an expected 57%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 62%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 73% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 40 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 63rd of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =63St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy73%
- =63St Theresa's Catholic Primary School73%
- =63Westwood Primary School73%
- =69Bramham Primary School72%
- =69Morley Newlands Academy72%
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161st of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #159Westerton Primary AcademyGood
- #160Westgate Primary SchoolGood
- #161Westwood Primary SchoolGood
- #162Whingate Primary SchoolGood
- #163Whinmoor St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,224 (2024-25)
29th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #27Brodetsky Primary School£8,272
- #28Rothwell Primary School£8,246
- #29Westwood Primary School£8,224
- #30St Marys Church of England Primary Academy£8,215
- #31Castleton Primary School£8,211
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