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State primary · 3 to 11 · Mixed · 210 pupils

Swillington Primary School

Church Lane, Swillington, Leeds, LS26 8DX
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Ofsted: School remains Good · July 2024(159/222)Fewer first choices than places (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 10,831st of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(159/222)Rank among 222 Leeds primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
See the Leeds league table →
Inspection
School remains Good, July 2024
Results
55% expected standard; 3% higher standard
Size
210 pupils; 18 places a year; classes of 26
Run by
The Brigshaw Learning Partnership
Type
Academy converter
Ages
3 to 11 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 0.5, against 0.7 in Leeds.
  • Expected standard: 55%, against 61% in Leeds.
  • Higher standard: 3%, against 9% in Leeds.
  • Sessions missed: 5.7%, against 4.8% in Leeds.
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At a glance

Against Leeds and England
This schoolLeedsEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
55%
Worse than Leeds
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
3%
Worse than Leeds
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
5.7%
Worse than Leeds
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
14.3%
Worse than Leeds
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
0.5
Better than Leeds
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
25.8
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
31%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
19.4
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.9
Less sought after than Leeds
Leeds and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027

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Leeds City Council publishes no last distance offered for this school in the years we hold (2025 to 2026). Check your postcode for the distance from your home.

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Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception2026—————
Reception2025—————

Source: Council offer-day figures: Leeds City Council, 2025 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

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Results

Quality

  • School remains Good Ofsted · inspected 11 July 2024
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 55% (England 62%) (county 61%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 3% (England 8%) (county 9%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard55%62%61%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard3%8%9%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(159/222)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Leeds league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

  • Absence: 5.7% of sessions missed; 14% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 5.8% and 16% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 0 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 25.8 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 19.4 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 93 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 9 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 4 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 9.7 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.0 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/255.7%4.2%1.5%14%1.2%
2023/245.8%4.1%1.6%13%0.0%
2022/236.5%5.0%1.5%20%0.6%
Schools with a similar intake5.8%16%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (30-40%), the median of 2238 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/250.50.5%10
2023/244.12.0%80
2022/233.91.0%80
Schools with a similar intake1.7

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size25.82025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher19.4November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus93

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20251
20244
20232
20222
20210

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 4 serious and 0 fatal in all; 1 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO29.72024
PM1011.82024
PM257.02024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals31%2025/26
First language other than English1.9%2025/26
SEN support20%2025/26
Education, health and care plan3.8%2025/26
Girls55%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Ofsted

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
11 July 2024Ungraded visitSchool remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 2024.

Admissions

Getting in

  • 16 families put it first for 18 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202618165316
Reception202527275427
Reception202423224822
Reception202328286528
Reception202226216421
Reception202122216321
Reception202025216021
Reception201919184118
Reception201822224622
Reception201718162516

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2017 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

Who runs it

  • The Brigshaw Learning Partnership, with 7 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2016
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 September 2016 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Swillington Primary School (URN 107843) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 September 2016
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Schools nearby

Woodlesford Primary School1.5 miGreat Preston VC CofE Primary School1.5 miKippax North Primary School1.7 miStrawberry Fields Primary School1.7 miCompare side by side →
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Leeds City Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Leeds and the Leeds league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.