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Primrose Lane Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Foundation school
Westwood Way, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 6DX · primroselane.leeds.sch.uk · 01937 842667
On the mapSearch near LS23 6DX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 59%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Leeds 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Leeds Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 165
- 63% of 260 places
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 12.8%
- First language not English
- 0.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Leeds Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 16 families put the school first and 16 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 19 | 16 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 24 | 22 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 21% the higher standard. Across Leeds it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼59% | 62% | ||
| ▲21% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Primrose Lane Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 5 December 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 5 Dec 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Dec 2019
Other inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Mar 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Dec 2019Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Dec 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (96 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 96
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (16%) with SEND