Stanningley Primary School, Pudsey
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Stanningley Primary School creates a safe, inclusive and welcoming community where pupils feel valued and cared for. The school has made impressive improvements to mathematics teaching, with pupils now receiving high-quality activities to develop their problem-solving and reasoning skills. Strong leadership and a dedicated family support worker ensure pupils' well-being and positive attitudes to learning are promoted throughout the school.
Key Strengths
- Strong leadership with clear focus on school improvement and ambitious drive for pupil progress
- Effective safeguarding with comprehensive policies, procedures and a culture where pupils feel safe
- Significant improvements in mathematics teaching with pupils now making good progress and achieving well
- Systematic teaching of phonics resulting in rising Year 1 phonics screening check results
- Well-developed subject leader roles with clear accountability and structured monitoring
Areas for Improvement
- Need to ensure all teachers have consistently high expectations of what pupils can achieve, especially the most able
- Current teaching and learning initiatives require further embedding to see full effect on progress and attainment
- Early years provision does not provide enough stretch and challenge to deepen children's learning
- Proportion of children exceeding in early learning goals remains below national levels
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective with comprehensive policies, procedures and records in place, supported by a recent external audit that recognised the school as a model of good practice.
Extracurricular Activities
Family cooking, family fun activities, e-safety teaching, courses for trainee teaching assistants
Stanningley Primary School continues to be good, with strong leadership that has maintained quality education and made significant improvements to school systems and staff morale since the headteacher's appointment over a year ago.
At a Glance
29.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 83%. Maths has declined from 87% to 77%. Writing has declined from 83% to 77%.
Class Sizes
26.5
Avg class size
27.3
Infant (KS1)
29.3
KS2
8
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
81%
Available places
212 pupils
262 capacity
50 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Pudsey
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Pudsey
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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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.4336%
Overall absence
14.85714%
Persistent absence
175
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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