Woodlesford Primary School
General Information
- Address: Church Street, Woodlesford, Leeds, LS26 8RD – View on map
- Phone: 01133934416
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Nicola Abidi
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 57 families put it first for 58 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 58 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 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: 44
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.3%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.7% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 30% moved to another school, 70% 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: 4.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 38 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
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: 69% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 14% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 68% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 68%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 88% · Writing 76% · Maths 85% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 107
- Based on: 59 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 86th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =86St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston69%
- =86Westgate Primary School69%
- =86Woodlesford Primary School69%
- =92Co-op Academy Oakwood68%
- =92Seven Hills Primary School68%
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168th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #166Whitkirk Primary SchoolGood
- #167Windmill Primary SchoolGood
- #168Woodlesford Primary SchoolGood
- #169Yeadon Primary SchoolGood
- #170Drighlington Primary SchoolRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,580 (2024-25)
162nd of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #160St Chad's Church of England Primary School£6,614
- #161Ashfield Primary School£6,594
- #162Woodlesford Primary School£6,580
- #163Shadwell Primary School£6,547
- #164Beecroft Primary School£6,544
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