Beeston Primary School

About Beeston Primary School

Beeston Primary School sits in the middle of the pack for Leeds primary schools, with 55% of its pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2 in 2023/24. That is six percentage points below the Leeds local authority average of 61%, placing the school in the bottom half of the LA rankings at 135th out of 204. The gap is not enormous, but it is consistent: in reading, 68% hit the expected mark against a national benchmark of 73%, and in writing the figure was 63%. Maths was the strongest core subject, with 74% reaching the expected level and an average scaled score of 104. Where the school does stand out is in its early years provision, which Ofsted rated Outstanding in its most recent inspection in 2022 — a clear strength that sets the foundation for later learning.

The school’s overall Ofsted rating is Good, a grade it has held across both its 2012 and 2022 inspections. The 2022 report gave top marks for early years and Good across every other category: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. At Key Stage 2, 26% of pupils achieved a higher standard in maths, and 21% did so in reading, though no pupils reached the higher threshold in writing or in the combined RWM measure. The school’s ranking in Yorkshire and the Humber places it in the 67th percentile nationally, meaning it performs better than about a third of primary schools across the country but lags behind the top performers in its own city, such as Harewood Church of England and Shadwell Primary, both of which score 90 on the ranking metric.

Beeston is a large primary with 678 pupils on roll, operating close to its capacity of 708. It is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 173 applications for 65 places, with 55 first-preference offers made — a ratio of 2.66 applicants per place. The school has a nursery provision and serves a diverse community, with 32.1% of pupils eligible for free school meals. Facilities include a library, ICT suite, music rooms, art studios, a sensory room, a forest school area, and a chapel. SEND provision is broad, covering specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disabilities, and autistic spectrum disorder. For families seeking an Outstanding-rated alternative nearby, St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School in Beeston is just 0.7 km away.

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