Southroyd Primary and Nursery School

Foundation school·Primary school Pudsey, Leeds·LS28 8AT
Composite score
58.2
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#4,463
National rank
#429
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#74
In Leeds
Top 30%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
50 first choices, 50 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
122
any preference, for 50 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.15
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9420220.9620231.0020240.8520251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Southroyd Primary and Nursery School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
459
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,394
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Southroyd Primary and Nursery School at a glance

Located in Pudsey, Leeds, Southroyd Primary and Nursery School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 459 pupils aged 2 to 11. 77% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 7.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 30% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Southroyd Primary and Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 50 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 22.1 pupils per teacher. Southroyd Primary and Nursery School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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