Hunslet Carr Primary School, Leeds

Ofsted's report card from its 2 June 2026 inspection grades Hunslet Carr Primary School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders provide pupils with a wide range of opportunities during their time at the school."

Achievement - Expected standard. "The changes to the school's curriculum are generally having a positive impact on what pupils know and remember."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Attendance is improving and persistent absence is reducing."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders provide clear strategic direction for the curriculum and teaching."

Early years - Expected standard. "Young children arrive at school full of confidence and excitement."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have created an inclusive culture at this school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders understand their school, the local community context and their pupils' needs well."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders must continue to have high ambition for all pupils so that all groups, including higher attaining pupils, consistently achieve well and develop detailed knowledge and skills across the school's curriculum so that they are well prepared for the next stage in their education"; "Leaders must ensure that recent improvements in attendance, including reductions in persistent absence, are sustained through supportive but challenging conversations with families so that more pupils consistently benefit from high levels of attendance".

From the headteacher's welcome: "We have an engaging and challenging curriculum that has been adapted to the needs of the children to ensure that as well as children having fun with their learning, they have a sound grounding in the basic skills of English and Maths. We take pride in the warm, caring atmosphere we have created, where parents and carers are always welcome."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils at Hunslet Carr Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 62% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Leeds and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (57% in reading, 60% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 33 families put Hunslet Carr Primary School as their first choice and 82 named it as one of their preferences, for 33 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Hunslet Carr Primary School are St Marys Church of England Primary Academy (0.4 miles, 57% reading, 40% maths); Low Road Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 95% reading, 100% maths); St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet (0.7 miles, Good, 86% reading, 86% maths); and Hunslet Moor Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 65% reading, 53% maths).

Hunslet Carr Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

48.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 29.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (65%), Black (15%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 106 pupils (29.9%) received SEN support and 5 (1.4%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Leeds Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Moor Road (at), 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Hunslet Carr Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 385 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Hunslet Carr Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 1.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Hunslet Carr Primary School are Cockburn John Charles Academy (0.6 miles), University Technical College Leeds (1.1 miles) and Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy (1.7 miles).