Park Spring Primary School, Leeds

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades Park Spring Primary School on 7 areas: 2 expected standard and 5 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have established an inclusive approach throughout the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed a clear programme for pupils' personal development and wellbeing."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Typically, Year 6 pupils do not attain as well as other pupils nationally in reading, writing and mathematics."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Leaders have introduced an effective approach to supporting pupils to attend school regularly and punctually."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "On the whole, the school has a curriculum where new learning builds on previous content."

Early years - Needs attention. "The curriculum in early years does not identify and sequence the key knowledge that children will learn across all areas of learning."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "In some areas of the school's work, leaders have not established a clear strategic plan."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff identify gaps in pupils' foundational knowledge quickly and provide targeted support so pupils catch up rapidly. They should ensure pupils are supported to keep up with key learning so they are ready for the next stage in their education"; "Leaders should ensure that the writing curriculum is coherent and well sequenced, with subject-specific rigour so that pupils build the necessary knowledge over time and can then apply their writing skills consistently well across other subjects"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers have a strong shared understanding of the school's curriculum and its approach to teaching and assessment and monitor that these are consistently applied across school"; "Leaders should ensure that they continue to work with families and external partners to improve attendance levels"; "Leaders should continue to embed the school's approach to pupil behaviour so that staff are confident in applying the school's approach and that incidents of low level disruption in class reduces and that pupils are consistently clear about routines and expectations"; "Leaders should ensure that the curriculum in early years supports all children to make progress from their starting points with the foundational knowledge and skills that children need for later learning clearly identified"; "Leaders and governors should ensure they have an accurate understanding of the school's strengths and weaknesses. They should use this information to support them in taking precise action to secure rapid and sustained improvement".

In its own words: "I am proud to lead a community where every child is valued, nurtured, and inspired to achieve their full potential. Our school is a place of learning, growth, and belonging, where we work together to create a safe, inclusive, and ambitious environment."

The school runs after-school care, from £13.00 per session.

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils at Park Spring Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 61% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Leeds and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 59% in reading and 59% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 24 families put Park Spring Primary School as their first choice and 67 named it as one of their preferences, for 25 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Park Spring Primary School are Swinnow Primary School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, 71% reading, 68% maths); Greenhill Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 64% reading, 64% maths); Lowtown Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 97% reading, 100% maths); and Bramley Park Academy (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 72% reading, 74% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Park Spring Primary School.

5.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (83%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 86 pupils (24.2%) received SEN support and 9 (2.5%) 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.

Park Spring Primary School had 15 teachers in 2026, one for every 25 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Bramley Rail Station, about 670 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hough End (opposite), 160 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Park Spring Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Park Spring Primary School issued 23 suspensions, 5.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Park Spring Primary School are Crawshaw Academy (0.9 miles), Pudsey Grammar School (1 mile), Dixons Unity Academy (1.2 miles) and Leeds West Academy (1.3 miles).