Farsley Springbank Primary School, Pudsey
Farsley Springbank Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Pudsey. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in July 2017. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in October 2022 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 4th-highest of the 10 schools in Pudsey with published results, and 2,629th of 14,452 across England. For 2026 entry it had 1.3 first-choice applications for every place. It was full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Above England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2017)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- Better than England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Leeds (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Farsley Springbank Primary School in detail
Farsley Springbank Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Farsley Springbank Primary School. Here you will find key information, regular updates and a window into the life of our school - but the true spirit of Springbank is something you feel as soon as you step through our doors. At Springbank, every child is known, valued and inspired."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include gymnastics, choir, orchestra and guitar.
The school runs after-school care.
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils at Farsley Springbank Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 92% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Leeds and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 73% in reading and 95% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at Farsley Springbank Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 78 families put Farsley Springbank Primary School as their first choice and 179 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 18 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Farsley Springbank Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Farsley Springbank Primary School are Farsley Westroyd Primary School and Nursery (0.3 miles, Good, 85% reading, 78% maths); Valley View Community Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 87% reading, 89% maths); Farsley Farfield Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 87% reading, 89% maths); and Summerfield Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 79% reading, 58% maths).
Farsley Springbank Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.
Farsley Westroyd Primary School and NurseryValley View Community Primary SchoolFarsley Farfield Primary SchoolSummerfield Primary School
Who goes there
3.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 57 pupils (13.7%) received SEN support and 5 (1.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is New Pusdey Rail Station, about 1160 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Water Lane, 130 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Farsley Springbank Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Suspensions and exclusions
Farsley Springbank Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Farsley Springbank Primary School are Leeds West Academy (0.6 miles), Co-op Academy Priesthorpe (0.8 miles), Pudsey Grammar School (1 mile) and Crawshaw Academy (1.5 miles).
Leeds West AcademyCo-op Academy PriesthorpePudsey Grammar SchoolCrawshaw Academy
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 years agoThis judgement is from July 2017, 9 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school remains Good.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's October 2022 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
This is a joyful school where pupils love learning and try hard because teachers have clear expectations. The school offers an excellent range of clubs and trips that are open to all children, including regional singing events, dance lessons, and history-related visits to local mills. Children develop strong reading skills thanks to expert teaching and dedicated staff training.
Key Strengths
- Strong focus on reading with excellent phonics training, resulting in pupils becoming confident readers quickly
- Ambitious, well-planned curriculum with clear focus on essential knowledge, particularly in history and mathematics recall
- Excellent extra-curricular provision including regional singing events, street dance, flamenco dancing, and local history trips
- Very respectful relationships between adults and pupils with consistent behaviour expectations
- Effective safeguarding systems with clear records and strong culture of safety
Areas for Improvement
- Teachers sometimes do not make it clear to pupils when they should apply written methods they have been taught in mathematics
- Inconsistency in how pupils apply mathematical methods across different lessons
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with clear timely records, strong communication with parents, appropriate adult checks, and regular staff training on safeguarding scenarios.
Extracurricular Activities
Regional singing events, street dance, flamenco dancing, library club, trips to local mills, morning mathematics practice club
Farsley Springbank Primary School is a good school where pupils are enthusiastic learners in a joyful, respectful environment. Leaders have planned an ambitious curriculum and created a supportive atmosphere where staff morale is high.
At a Glance
3.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 73% to 82% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 92% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 83% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
29.8
Avg class size
30.0
Infant (KS1)
29.6
KS2
12
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
1 unlawfully large infant class
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Latest from Farsley Springbank Primary School
12 Newsletter 26th June 2026
26 Jun 2026
Summer Music Concert
18 Jun 2026
5W climb Pen-y-Ghent
16 Jun 2026
1W trip to Harlow Carr
15 Jun 2026
Year 6 trip to Flammingo Land
11 Jun 2026
Springbank Singers perform at the Live at Home community group
11 Jun 2026
From Farsley Springbank Primary School's website. School Signal is not affiliated with the school.
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Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Farsley Springbank Primary School.
- Kip McGrath Education Centre Pudsey980m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Farsley Springbank Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Leeds. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2026 to 2027
- Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
- Spring term: Monday 4 January to Friday 2 April 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
- Summer term: Monday 19 April to Thursday 22 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Farsley Springbank Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Farsley Springbank Primary School is in Leeds; for families living there:
Apply to Leeds for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 16
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 11 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Leeds is 18.5 (the median across 308 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
100%
Full
420 pupils
420 places
No spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Pudsey
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Pudsey
Across Leeds council
Places available
10,125
Applications
8,039
Got 1st preference
92.4%
Got preferred school
99.0%
All primary applications across Leeds council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Inspection History(8)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
57
SEN Support
5
EHC Plans
14.9%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
417
Total Pupils
213
Boys
204
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
21
Teachers
19.9:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£42,205
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,070
Per pupil
£2253k
Total funding
£17k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
3.3%
Overall absence
3.9%
Persistent absence
362
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Farsley Springbank Primary School
Questions parents ask about Farsley Springbank Primary School
What are SATs results like at Farsley Springbank Primary School?
Of the pupils at Farsley Springbank Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 82% reached the expected standard in reading and 92% did so in maths.
What is Farsley Springbank Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Farsley Springbank Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in October 2022, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in July 2017, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Farsley Springbank Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Farsley Springbank Primary School is oversubscribed, Leeds allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Farsley Springbank Primary School?
Farsley Springbank Primary School was full in 2025, at 100% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.
How big are the classes at Farsley Springbank Primary School?
Classes at Farsley Springbank Primary School average 29.8 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Farsley Springbank Primary School?
Farsley Springbank Primary School has around 417 pupils on roll. 4% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Farsley Springbank Primary School?
3.3% of sessions were missed at Farsley Springbank Primary School in 2024/25. 3.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Farsley Springbank Primary School?
Apply through Leeds's coordinated admissions process, naming Farsley Springbank Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Farsley Springbank Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Farsley Springbank Primary School: Kip McGrath Education Centre Pudsey (980m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
What are Farsley Springbank Primary School's term dates?
Farsley Springbank Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Leeds. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Friday 2 April 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 19 April to Thursday 22 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027).
How many road collisions happen near Farsley Springbank Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 11 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Leeds is 18.5 (the median across 308 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Farsley Springbank Primary School?
Farsley Springbank Primary School is at Wesley Street, Farsley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 5LE.
Sources: Leeds term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)