Leeds is home to plenty of excellent primary schools with a strong track record of giving their young pupils a solid educational foundation - but some are standing out from the crowd.
The Government’s new preliminary performance figures for state-funded primary schools have just been released. From this data, we’ve been able to compare how state primary schools across the Leeds City Council area performed in the most recent school year.
The key figure it’s based on is the percentage of each school’s pupils who completed Year 6 in the 2024/25 academic year who met the government’s expected standards in three key areas: reading, writing and maths. This has given some smaller village schools the chance to shine, as well as the larger city schools that made the list.
But grades aren’t the only way to measure school success. We’ve also made sure each one on our league table had a positive mark in its latest Ofsted inspection. These are soon set to change, but we’ve restricted the list to schools with either a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ overall grade under the previous system, or positive ratings across all categories under the current one. This means that the quality of education provided, student behaviour and attitudes, school leadership and management and student safeguarding were all found to meet or exceed government standards last time the school was inspected.
Here are the 27 state primary schools across Leeds that topped the list:
19. Thorner Church of England Primary School
This Anglican primary academy in Thorner was most recently rated ‘good’ overall by Ofsted. In the 2024/25 school year, it had a roll size of 180. 85% of its pupils met the Government’s expected standards in reading, writing and maths - compared to averages of 61% locally and 62% nationally. | Google
20. Birchfield Primary School
Birchfield is a local authority-maintained primary school in Gildersome, which was most recently rated ‘good’ overall by Ofsted. In the 2024/25 school year, it had a roll size of 234. 84% of its pupils met the Government’s expected standards in reading, writing and maths - compared to averages of 61% locally and 62% nationally. | Google
21. Blenheim Primary School
Blenheim is a local authority-maintained primary school in Woodhouse, most recently rated ‘outstanding’ overall by Ofsted. In the 2024/25 school year, it had a roll size of 468. 83% of its pupils met the Government’s expected standards in reading, writing and maths - compared to averages of 61% locally and 62% nationally. | Steve Riding
22. Green Lane Primary Academy
This primary academy in Garforth was most recently rated ‘outstanding’ overall by Ofsted. In the 2024/25 school year, it had a roll size of 443. 83% of its pupils met the Government’s expected standards in reading, writing and maths - compared to averages of 61% locally and 62% nationally. | Google
23. Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School
This is a primary academy in Pudsey, most recently rated ‘outstanding’ overall by Ofsted. In the 2024/25 school year, it had a roll size of 471. 83% of its pupils met the Government’s expected standards in reading, writing and maths - compared to averages of 61% locally and 62% nationally. | Tony Johnson
24. Roundhay School
This local authority-maintained all-through school in Roundhay was most recently rated ‘outstanding’ overall by Ofsted. In the 2024/25 school year, it had an overall roll size of 2,519. 83% of its primary pupils met the Government’s expected standards in reading, writing and maths - compared to averages of 61% locally and 62% nationally. | Google