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Hugh Gaitskell Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Foundation school
St Anthony's Drive, Beeston, Leeds LS11 8AB · hughgaitskell.leeds.sch.uk · 0113 271 6963
On the mapSearch near LS11 8AB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 43%
- 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
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 555
- 88% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 33.2%
- First language not English
- 58.2%
- 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, 47 families put the school first and 64 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 | 64 | 47 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 55 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 49 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 64 | 58 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 55 | 41 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% 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 | |||
| ▼43% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼101 | 106 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Hugh Gaitskell Primary School on 17 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Needs attention
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 17 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Dec 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 75%
- Replies
- 16
- 3% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied