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Hovingham Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Hovingham Avenue, Leeds LS8 3QY · hovingham.leeds.sch.uk · 0113 248 9537
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 40%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 669
- 88% of 764 places
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 47.7%
- First language not English
- 95.2%
- 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, 37 families put the school first and 39 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 | 39 | 37 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 48 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 37 | 34 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 40% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% 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 | |||
| ▼40% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼99 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107926)
Ofsted
Hovingham Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 27 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 27 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107926)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107926), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jun 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Nov 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107926)
Before September 2019
Sept 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107926)
Jul 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107926)