Parklands Primary School, Leeds

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

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils' attendance has been below average over time."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders recognise the importance of the early years in establishing secure foundations for later learning."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders give considerable thought to how to identify and support pupils' additional needs."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the strengths and areas for improvement at the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's curriculums for personal, social and health education and relationships education are appropriate to pupils' age and stage of education."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Leaders prioritise securing pupils' basic knowledge and skills."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders understand that there is more to do to ensure that staff teach the curriculum consistently well."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure the curriculum is consistently taught well and that staff draw on their knowledge of pupils' starting points, particularly those who are disadvantaged, when planning new learning or adapting existing activities"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils develop the foundational knowledge and skills they need to be well prepared for the next stage of their education and that this is reflected in their attainment in national tests and examinations"; "Leaders should maintain their focus on reducing pupil absence so that rapid and sustained improvement is secured and pupils attend at least as well as their peers nationally"; "Leaders should ensure the school's programme of personal development is extensive and highly tailored to the school's context and that pupils develop secure and detailed knowledge across the personal, social and health education curriculum".

In its own words: "We are proud of every child who enters our door at Parklands. We can see the potential of each and every child and we encourage, encourage, encourage. We praise loudly and grizzle softly. We are a 1.5 form entry school with Reception through to Year 6."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include netball, gardening, Spanish, book club and homework club.

Coming up: an open day on Thursday 5 November 2026 at 9am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils at Parklands Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 49% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Leeds and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 51% in reading and 67% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Parklands Primary School as their first choice and 86 named it as one of their preferences, for 31 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 Parklands Primary School are Seacroft Grange Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 58% reading, 52% maths); Beechwood Primary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 80% reading, 68% maths); Cross Gates Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 83% reading, 87% maths); and St Theresa's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 87% reading, 85% maths).

Parklands Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

37.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 27.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (59%), Black (15%) and Mixed (9%).

In 2026, 59 pupils (16.4%) received SEN support and 29 (8.1%) 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.

Parklands Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs, autism and moderate learning difficulties.

The nearest railway station is Cross Gates Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hawkshead Crescent (at), 260 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Parklands 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 475 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Parklands Primary School issued 12 suspensions, 3.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Parklands Primary School are Leeds East Academy (0.2 miles), Bishop Young Church of England Academy (0.7 miles), Temple Moor High School (1.2 miles) and John Smeaton Academy (1.2 miles).