Shadwell Primary School, Leeds
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Shadwell Primary School creates a calm, respectful learning environment where pupils feel safe and enjoy coming to school. Teachers are invested in their pupils' learning and support positive behaviour and attitudes. The school offers a wide range of enrichment activities and connects pupils with the local community through partnerships with village lunch clubs.
Key Strengths
- Pupils have positive attitudes to learning and behave well in lessons and around school
- Strong personal, social and health education programme with good community connections
- Well-developed curriculum in history and music that pupils greatly enjoy
- Effective early years provision with strong phonics teaching
- Good subject knowledge in mathematics with effective use of vocabulary
Areas for Improvement
- Inconsistencies in the quality of reading support across the school
- Leadership and management needs strengthening, particularly in relation to staff wellbeing
- Staff morale negatively affected by workload and equity concerns
- New child protection recording system requires further staff training to be used effectively
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective, with staff trained to identify pupils who need help and pupils confident telling adults about concerns, though further training is needed for the recently introduced child protection recording system.
Extracurricular Activities
Choir, sports clubs, competitive sports programme, village lunch clubs
Shadwell Primary School requires improvement overall, though the quality of education and pupils' behaviour and attitudes are good. The school has dropped from its previous Outstanding rating, primarily due to leadership and management concerns.
At a Glance
4.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
72 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 93% to 81%. Maths has declined from 93% to 85%. Writing has declined from 93% to 81%.
Class Sizes
29.3
Avg class size
30.0
Infant (KS1)
28.8
KS2
7
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
95%
Near capacity
200 pupils
210 capacity
10 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Leeds
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Admissions Demand - Leeds
Places available
10,239
Applications
8,283
Got 1st preference
93.1%
Got preferred school
99.3%
Primary admissions across Leeds (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.64827%
Overall absence
5.05618%
Persistent absence
178
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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