White Laith Primary School
General Information
- Address: Naburn Drive, Leeds, LS14 2BL – View on map
- Phone: 01132930280
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Roger Osborne
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 35 families put it first for 30 places – 12 for every 10 places. 86% 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 16 · 2025 9 · 2026 12
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 59
- % eligible for free school meals: 26.9%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 9% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.6% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 31% moved to another school, 69% 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: 4.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 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: 79% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 14% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 18 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 81% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 81%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 90% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 90%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 108
- 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 36th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =36Kirkstall Valley Primary School79%
- =36St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet79%
- =36White Laith Primary School79%
- =41Lady Elizabeth Hastings CofE Primary School78%
- =41Morley Victoria Primary School78%
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164th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #162Whingate Primary SchoolGood
- #163Whinmoor St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #164White Laith Primary SchoolGood
- #165Whitecote Primary SchoolGood
- #166Whitkirk Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,769 (2024-25)
56th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #54Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School£7,821
- #55Lower Wortley Primary School£7,780
- #56White Laith Primary School£7,769
- #57Holy Family Catholic Primary School£7,736
- #58Beeston Hill St Luke's Church of England Primary School£7,728
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