Middleton Primary School

About Middleton Primary School

Middleton Primary School in Leeds holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across both its most recent inspections. The school’s most telling academic metric is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard score: 42% of pupils reached this benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure sits well below the Leeds local authority average of 61%, placing the school 180th out of 204 primary schools in the area and in the bottom 50% nationally. On individual subjects, reading fared best, with 64% of pupils meeting the expected standard and an average scaled score of 102. Maths followed at 59% expected, with an average score of 101, while writing lagged at 54%. Higher-standard attainment was low across the board: just 10% reached the higher bar in reading, 8% in maths, and none in writing or the combined measure. The school’s ranking score of 42 reflects these challenges, though the Ofsted report notes that leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all remain Good.

The school’s Progress 8 scores are not available in the data, so it is difficult to assess how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. What is clear is that the proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is high at 47.7%, well above the national average, which often correlates with lower headline attainment figures. Ofsted’s most recent ungraded inspection in November 2022 confirmed that the school continues to be Good, with no change to the overall rating. The previous graded inspection in 2016 also rated the school Good across all areas, including leadership and management and early years provision. The school has a capacity of 420 pupils and currently enrols 398, so it is running close to full. It does not have a nursery or sixth form, and its religious character is listed as not applicable.

Middleton Primary is a mixed, state-funded primary school for children aged 5 to 11. It offers a range of facilities including an ICT suite, library, sensory room, music rooms, art studios, sports hall, playing fields, and a dining hall. Sports provision covers football, netball, gymnastics, athletics, and swimming, while extracurricular clubs include film, science, and drama. The school has a broad SEND offer, with provisions for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulties. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: 126 applications were received for 41 places, with 38 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.07. This suggests strong local demand despite the below-average attainment outcomes, and the school may suit families who value its inclusive SEND support and broad enrichment offer over raw academic results.

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