Queensway Primary School

About Queensway Primary School

Queensway Primary School in Leeds is a small state primary for mixed-gender pupils aged 4 to 11, currently operating well below its capacity of 105 with just 81 children on roll. That spare capacity is notable because the school is actually oversubscribed for 2025/26: it received 39 applications for 12 places, with all 12 first-preference offers accepted, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.25. The pupil body is significantly more disadvantaged than the national average, with 56.8% of children eligible for free school meals, a figure that places it among the highest in the local authority. The school has no religious character and is led by headteacher Emily Bevan. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, in December 2024, judged the school Good across all five graded areas — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — a marked improvement from its previous inspection in June 2022, when it was rated Inadequate overall.

Academically, Queensway’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined was 50%, below the Leeds local authority average of 61%. In individual subjects, reading performed strongest, with 75% reaching the expected standard and 25% achieving a higher score, while maths saw 69% at expected and 6% at the higher level. Writing lagged behind, with 56% at expected and 6% at the higher standard. Average scaled scores were 106 in reading and 103 in maths. Nationally, the school ranks in the bottom 50% for its combined RWM expected score, sitting at the 78th percentile across all primary schools. In the Leeds local authority, it ranks 152nd out of 204 schools. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a gymnasium, library, playing fields, sports hall, ICT suite, music rooms, forest school and a chapel. Sports provision covers athletics, swimming, tennis, netball, rounders and cricket, while clubs include drama, coding, gardening and science club. SEND support is available for moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. Parent View responses from 21 respondents between September 2024 and September 2025 were largely positive: 86% would recommend the school, and strong majorities agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy (86%), feels safe (86%) and does well (95%). However, a notable minority disagreed on behaviour management (20% disagreed that pupils are well behaved) and on how concerns are handled (15% disagreed). This is a school that suits families who value a small, community-focused setting with strong pastoral care and a clear upward trajectory in leadership, but who are comfortable with academic results that sit below the local average.

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