South Milford Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Leeds, North Yorkshire·LS25 5AU
Composite score
33.8
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#12,644
National rank
#1329
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#199
In North Yorkshire
Top 86%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
28 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
108
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.30
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1720221.0020230.8320240.7020251.002026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for South Milford Primary School yet. North Yorkshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
194
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
8.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,180
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About South Milford Primary School

South Milford Primary School is a primary school in Leeds, North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 194 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 18.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 96% of the families who made South Milford Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. South Milford Primary 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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