This year, National Offer Day for primary school places in England is Thursday April 16. Parents will be notified by Leeds City Council about which schools their child has been accepted into.
While generally the odds are quite good, unfortunately, some children will miss out. Nationwide, about 92.6% got into their first choice of primary school for the 2025/26 school year.
Ahead of National Offer Day, we’ve taken a look at the Department of Education’s latest data on schools across the Leeds City Council area, comparing how many parents put each one down as their top pick, with how many first-choice offers were actually sent out.
Here were the city’s toughest primary schools to get into for the current school year:
1. Roundhay School
The toughest school to get into for the 2025/26 academic year, was this high-achieving, local authority-maintained all-through school in the Roundhay area. A whopping 136 parents put it as their first choice of primary school, but just 57 first choice offers were handed out – a success rate of just under 42%. | Google
2. Weetwood Primary School
52 parents put this maintained primary school in Far Headingley down as their top pick. But just 29 first choice offers were handed out – a success rate of just under 56%. | James Hardisty
3. Meanwood Church of England Primary School
42 parents put this maintained primary school in Meanwood down as their top pick. But just 24 first choice offers were handed out – a success rate of just over 57%. | Google
4. Shire Oak Primary School
45 parents put this maintained primary school in Headingley down as their top pick. But just 26 first choice offers were handed out – a success rate of nearly 58%. | Jonathan Gawthorpe
5. St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston
48 parents put this maintained primary school in the Beeston area down as their top pick. But just 29 first choice offers were handed out – a success rate of just over 60%. | Tony Johnson
6. Crossley Street Primary School, Wetherby
46 parents put this maintained primary school out in Wetherby down as their top pick. But just 28 first choice offers were handed out – a success rate of almost 61%. | Yorkshire Evening Post