Beeston Primary School, Leeds

Good
Primary
Foundation school
Mixed
Ages 311

Data last updated 11 Sept 2026

Location

Very likely (~395m)Possible (~564m)Unlikely (~733m)Confidence: high

Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr N Edensor
Pupils:660 / 708 capacity
LA:Leeds
Phone:01132716978
Address:Town Street, Leeds, LS11 8PN
Admissions:Not applicable
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Good

Overall

URN:107946
UKPRN:10069400
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Leeds South
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

What This School Does Well

Beeston Primary School provides a happy, ambitious environment where pupils thrive. The headteacher's strong leadership has significantly improved teaching standards, and pupils make rapid progress in reading and writing. Parents and staff strongly support the school, with children feeling safe, settled and respected.

Key Strengths

  • Highly effective leadership that has galvanised staff and pupils to achieve higher standards
  • Strong personal development, behaviour and welfare - pupils are respectful, collaborative and have very positive attitudes to school
  • Rapid progress in reading and writing, with improved teaching ensuring pupils of all abilities are challenged
  • Strong governance with governors rigorously holding the school to account
  • Effective safeguarding arrangements with robust checks and staff training

Areas for Improvement

  • Teaching assistants need better deployment to support and challenge pupils more consistently, including improved questioning and language modelling
  • Early years activities should further develop language skills both indoors and outdoors
  • Handwriting and spelling need continued improvement throughout the school, particularly in key stage 2
  • Reasoning and problem-solving in mathematics needs to be embedded for all abilities of pupils

Safeguarding

Safeguarding is effective. All safeguarding arrangements are robust with thorough checks, appropriate staff training, and pupils taught to keep themselves safe from risks including radicalisation.

Extracurricular Activities

Anti-bullying ambassadors programme

Beeston Primary School continues to be good. The leadership team, particularly the headteacher appointed in September 2015, has maintained and improved the quality of education through high standards, effective teaching, and strong governance.

At a Glance

31.3%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2025/26

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+10ppMaths-2ppWriting+10pp

Reading has improved from 68% to 78%. Maths has remained stable at around 72%. Writing has improved from 63% to 73%.

Class Sizes

29.8

Avg class size

29.4

Infant (KS1)

30.1

KS2

19

Total classes

4 classes with more than 30 pupils

2024/25 academic year

Getting There

Bus Stops

Beeston Terminus (at)
79m · 1 min walk
Kirk Beston Close
317m · 5 min walk
Elland Road Ind Est
412m · 7 min walk
Drysalters (adj)
447m · 7 min walk
Beeston Co-Op (at)
455m · 7 min walk
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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

93%

Near capacity

660 pupils

708 capacity

48 spare places available

Area Demand Pressure - Leeds

Low pressure
New homes approved:6,316
Projected new pupils:1,579

Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Leeds

Admissions Demand - Leeds

Low demand0.81x oversubscription

Places available

10,239

Applications

8,283

Got 1st preference

93.1%

Got preferred school

99.3%

Primary admissions across Leeds (2025/26)

Inspection History(106)

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Good
Date not published by Ofsted
Good
Date not published by Ofsted
Good

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Pupil Demographics

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Pupil Absence
2024/25

6.28481%

Overall absence

15.56351%

Persistent absence

559

Enrolments

Authorised3.88643%
Unauthorised2.39838%
Persistent (10%+)15.56351%
Severe (50%+)0.89445%

Absence trend

4.05481%
18/19
2.87166%
20/21
5.81808%
21/22
5.92951%
22/23
5.93306%
23/24
6.28481%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

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