Wigton Moor Primary School

About Wigton Moor Primary School

Wigton Moor Primary School is a state-funded, mixed primary for children aged 4 to 11 in the Leeds local authority, where it ranks 7th out of 204 primary schools. That puts it in the top 4% of its local peers, alongside the highest-performing schools in the area such as Harewood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Shadwell Primary School, and Horsforth Featherbank Primary School. The school has no religious character and does not offer a nursery or sixth form. It is led by headteacher Elaine Bown and currently has 419 pupils on roll, just one short of its full capacity of 420. In its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023, the school was rated Outstanding across every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. Its previous inspection in 2011 also rated overall effectiveness as Outstanding, so the school has held that top grade across both its graded inspections.

Academically, Wigton Moor performs well above the Leeds average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 85% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the local authority average of 61%. The school also excels at the higher standard, with 21% of pupils achieving that level across all three subjects. In maths, 94% met the expected standard and 56% reached the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 110. Reading saw 88% at the expected level and 50% at the higher level, with an average score of 108. Writing results were similarly strong, with 87% at the expected standard and 31% at the higher level. Nationally, the school ranks 774th out of 13,686 primaries, placing it in the top 6% of schools across the country. In Yorkshire and the Humber, it sits 67th out of 1,506 schools, comfortably inside the top 5%.

The school is clearly popular with local families: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 208 applications for just 60 places, making it oversubscribed by a ratio of 3.47 to 1. Of the 63 first-preference applications, 57 were offered places. Facilities include a sensory room, playing fields, a library, an ICT suite, a sports hall, a gymnasium, a forest school, and a chapel. Sports on offer include tennis, athletics, swimming, cricket, dance, and netball, while clubs range from film and coding to chess and book club. The school’s SEND provision covers a wide range of needs, including specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a strong option for families in Leeds who want high academic standards and a broad range of enrichment opportunities, though securing a place is competitive.

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