Whitkirk Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Leeds·LS15 0EU
Composite score
59.9
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#3,953
National rank
#379
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#68
In Leeds
Top 27%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
19%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
73%
75 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
1.27
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
169
any preference, for 59 places
Last place offered lived
0.84 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1349 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.25
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7720220.9820231.0920241.0220251.272026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
386
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,280
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Whitkirk Primary School

Whitkirk Primary School is a primary school in Leeds, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 386 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 58% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 27% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 19% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Whitkirk Primary School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 75 first choices for 59 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.84 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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