Windmill Primary School, Leeds
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Windmill Primary School excels at ensuring every child feels welcome, safe and valued. The school offers outstanding enrichment opportunities, particularly its music programme, which develops the whole child. All pupils - whether disadvantaged, most able, or with special needs - make good progress and achieve well.
Key Strengths
- Strong innovative music programme through partnership with Opera North, giving every pupil stringed instrument tuition and choir opportunities
- Effective leadership that regularly checks teaching quality and closes attainment gaps for disadvantaged pupils
- Good behaviour and positive attitudes to learning, with pupils feeling safe and valued
- Effective use of pupil premium and sports funding to ensure equal opportunities for all
- Well-supported newly qualified teachers and strong teamwork across the federated schools
Areas for Improvement
- Most able pupils not clearly identified in documentation, leading to insufficient challenge in some work
- Pupils need more opportunities to use their own words when recording findings and thoughts
- Quality of marking in mathematics needs to match the standard in English
- Pupils need more opportunities to apply mathematical knowledge in problem solving to strengthen basic skills recall
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective with pupils feeling safe in school, good supervision at playtimes, pupils understanding internet safety, and bullying being rare with clear support systems in place.
Extracurricular Activities
Stringed instrument tuition, choir, cricket at Lords, sporting activities, breakfast club
Windmill Primary School is a good school with effective leadership and strong partnerships that create positive learning experiences for all pupils. The school has innovative approaches to music and ensures all pupils, including disadvantaged and those with special needs, make good progress.
At a Glance
45.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 80%. Maths has remained stable at around 85%. Writing has declined from 82% to 78%.
Class Sizes
29.0
Avg class size
30.0
Infant (KS1)
28.6
KS2
11
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
94%
Near capacity
394 pupils
420 capacity
26 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Leeds
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Leeds
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)
Inspection History(108)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
7.37477%
Overall absence
28.02198%
Persistent absence
364
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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