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Children in Leeds
How children here are doing, from the 2-year check to the end of primary school, set against England as a whole.
Health and early years
At a glance
| Measure | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|
| On track in all five areas at the 2 to 2½ year review 2024/25 higher | 86.8% | 81.4% |
| Good level of development at the end of Reception 2024/25 lower | 63.9% | 68.3% |
| Phonics check met in Year 1 2024/25 similar | 80.4% | 79.8% |
| Reception children living with obesity 2024/25 similar | 11.0% | 10.5% |
| Year 6 children living with obesity 2024/25 similar | 22.8% | 22.2% |
| MMR first dose by age 2 2024/25 lower | 84.4% | 88.9% |
| MMR two doses by age 5 2024/25 lower | 79.5% | 83.7% |
| 5-year-olds with visible tooth decay 2023/24 similar | 21.9% | 22.4% |
| Primary pupils persistently absent 2024/25 higher | 14.3% | 13.0% |
| Children in relative low-income families (under 16) 2024/25 higher | 25.0% | 19.8% |
“Higher” or “lower” means the difference from England is bigger than the margin of error; “similar” means it isn’t. These are figures for all children in the council area, not for any one school or child.
End of primary school
Year 6 reading, writing and maths
| Year | Leeds | England |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 62% | 65% |
| 2021/22 | 58% | 59% |
| 2022/23 | 58% | 60% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 61% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 63% |
| 2025/26 | 61% | 63% |
Share of pupils in state-funded schools meeting the expected standard in all three. 2025/26 figures are provisional. There were no tests in 2019/20 or 2020/21.
Schools
Primary schools in Leeds
225 schools
- Aberford Church of England Primary School Leeds
- Adel Primary School Leeds
- Adel St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School Leeds
- Alder Tree Primary Academy Leeds
- All Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary School Leeds
- Allerton Bywater Primary School Castleford
- Allerton CofE Primary School Leeds
- Alwoodley Primary School Leeds
- Armley Park Primary School Leeds
- Ashfield Primary School Otley
- Asquith Primary School Leeds
- Austhorpe Primary School Leeds
- Bankside Primary School Leeds
- Bardsey Primary Academy Leeds
- Barwick-in-Elmet CofE Primary School and Nursery Leeds
- Beechwood Primary School Leeds
- Beecroft Primary School Leeds
- Beeston Hill St Luke's Church of England Primary School Leeds
- Beeston Primary School Leeds
- Birchfield Primary School Leeds
- Blackgates Primary Academy Wakefield
- Blenheim Primary School Leeds
- Bracken Edge Primary School Leeds
- Bramham Primary School Wetherby
- Bramhope Primary School Leeds
- Bramley Park Academy Leeds
- Bramley St Peter's Church of England Primary School Leeds
- Broadgate Primary School Leeds
- Brodetsky Primary School Leeds
- Brudenell Primary School Leeds
- Burley St Matthias Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Leeds
- Calverley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Calverley
- Calverley Parkside Primary School Pudsey
- Carlton Primary School Wakefield
- Carr Manor Community School Leeds
- Castleton Primary School Leeds
- Chapel Allerton Primary School Leeds
- Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Primary School Leeds
- Christ The King Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Leeds
- Churwell Primary Academy Leeds
- Clapgate Primary School Leeds
- Co-op Academy Beckfield Bradford
- Co-op Academy Brownhill Leeds
- Co-op Academy Nightingale Leeds
- Co-op Academy Oakwood Leeds
- Co-op Academy Woodlands Leeds
- Cockburn Haigh Road Academy Leeds
- Cockburn Ingram Road Academy Leeds
- Collingham Lady Elizabeth Hastings Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Wetherby
- Colton Primary School Leeds
- Cookridge Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Leeds
- Cookridge Primary School Leeds
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Leeds
- Cross Gates Primary School Leeds
- Crossley Street Primary School Wetherby
- Deighton Gates Primary School Wetherby
- Dixons Trinity Chapeltown Leeds
- Drighlington Primary School Bradford
- East Ardsley Primary Academy Wakefield
- East Garforth Primary Academy Leeds
- Ebor Gardens Primary Academy Leeds
- Elements Primary School Leeds
- Farsley Farfield Primary School Pudsey
- Farsley Springbank Primary School Pudsey
- Farsley Westroyd Primary School and Nursery Leeds
- Fieldhead Carr Primary School Leeds
- Five Lanes Primary School Leeds
- Fountain Primary School Leeds
- Gildersome Primary School Leeds
- Gledhow Primary School Leeds
- Grange Farm Primary School Leeds
- Great Preston VC CofE Primary School Leeds
- Green Lane Primary Academy Leeds
- Greenhill Primary School Leeds
- Greenmount Primary School Leeds
- Greenside Primary School Pudsey
- Grimes Dyke Primary School Leeds
- Guiseley Primary School Leeds
- Harehills Primary School Leeds
- Harewood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Leeds
- Hawksworth Church of England Primary School Leeds
- Hawksworth Wood Primary School Leeds
- Highfield Primary School Leeds
- Hill Top Primary Academy Wakefield
- Hillcrest Academy Leeds
- Hollybush Primary Leeds
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Leeds
- Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy LEEDS
- Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Leeds
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell Leeds
- Horsforth Featherbank Primary School Leeds
- Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School Leeds
- Hovingham Primary School Leeds
- Hugh Gaitskell Primary School Leeds
- Hunslet Carr Primary School Leeds
- Hunslet Moor Primary School Leeds
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Leeds
- Ireland Wood Primary School Leeds
- Iveson Primary School Leeds
- Kerr Mackie Primary School Leeds
- Kippax Ash Tree Primary School Leeds
- Kippax Greenfield Primary School Leeds
- Kippax North Primary School Leeds
- Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary School Leeds
- Kirkstall Valley Primary School Leeds
- Lady Elizabeth Hastings CofE Primary School Castleford
- Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch Wetherby
- Lane End Primary School Leeds
- Lawns Park Primary School Leeds
- Lift Cottingley Leeds
- Little London Academy Leeds
- Low Road Primary School Leeds
- Lower Wortley Primary School Leeds
- Lowtown Primary School Pudsey
- Manor Wood Primary School Leeds
- Manston Primary Leeds
- Manston St James Primary Academy Leeds
- Meadowfield Primary School Leeds
- Meanwood Church of England Primary School Leeds
- Methley Primary School Leeds
- Micklefield Church of England Primary Academy Leeds
- Middleton Primary School Leeds
- Middleton St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Leeds
- Moor Allerton Hall Primary School Select
- Moortown Primary School Leeds
- Morley Newlands Academy Leeds
- Morley Victoria Primary School Leeds
- New Bewerley Community School Leeds
- Ninelands Primary School Leeds
- Otley All Saints CofE Primary School Otley
- Otley the Whartons Primary School Otley
- Oulton Primary School Leeds
- Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School Leeds
- Park Spring Primary School Leeds
- Park View Primary Academy Leeds
- Parklands Primary School Leeds
- Pool-in-Wharfedale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Otley
- Primley Wood Primary School Leeds
- Primrose Lane Primary School Wetherby
- Pudsey Bolton Royd Primary School Leeds
- Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School Pudsey
- Pudsey Waterloo Primary Pudsey
- Quarry Mount Primary School Leeds
- Queensway Primary School Select
- Rawdon Littlemoor Primary School Leeds
- Rawdon St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Leeds
- Raynville Academy Leeds
- Robin Hood Primary School Wakefield
- Rosebank Primary School Leeds
- Rothwell Primary School Leeds
- Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School Leeds
- Roundhay School Leeds
- Roundhay St John's Church of England Primary School Leeds
- Rufford Park Primary School Leeds
- Ryecroft Academy Leeds
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Leeds
- Scholes (Elmet) Primary School Leeds
- Seacroft Grange Primary School Leeds
- Seven Hills Primary School Leeds
- Shadwell Primary School Leeds
- Shakespeare Primary School Leeds
- Sharp Lane Primary School Leeds
- Shire Oak VC Primary School Leeds
- Southroyd Primary and Nursery School Pudsey
- Spring Bank Primary School Leeds
- Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Leeds
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston Leeds
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Leeds
- St Bartholomew's CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School Leeds
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Leeds
- St Chad's Church of England Primary School Leeds
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa Wetherby
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, Morley Leeds
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Leeds
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Wetherby
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Pudsey
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet Leeds
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Otley Otley
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby Wetherby
- St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Leeds
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Horsforth Leeds
- St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa Select
- St Marys Church of England Primary Academy Leeds
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School Leeds
- St Nicholas Catholic Primary School Leeds
- St Patrick Catholic Primary School Leeds
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Leeds
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Leeds
- St Philip's Catholic Primary School Leeds
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School Leeds
- St Urban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Leeds
- St. Oswald's CofE Primary School Leeds
- Stanningley Primary School Pudsey
- Strawberry Fields Primary School Leeds
- Summerfield Primary School Leeds
- Swarcliffe Primary School Leeds
- Swillington Primary School Leeds
- Swinnow Primary School Leeds
- Talbot Primary School Leeds
- Temple Learning Academy Leeds
- Templenewsam Halton Primary School Leeds
- The Richmond Hill Academy Leeds
- Thorner Church of England Primary School Leeds
- Thorpe Primary School Wakefield
- Tranmere Park Primary School Leeds
- Valley View Community Primary School Leeds
- Victoria Junior School Leeds
- Victoria Primary Academy Leeds
- Weetwood Primary School Leeds
- West End Primary School Leeds
- Westbrook Lane Primary School Leeds
- Westerton Primary Academy Wakefield
- Westgate Primary School Otley
- Westwood Primary School Leeds
- Whingate Primary School Leeds
- Whinmoor St Paul's Church of England Primary School Leeds
- White Laith Primary School Leeds
- Whitecote Primary School Leeds
- Whitkirk Primary School Leeds
- Wigton Moor Primary School Leeds
- Windmill Primary School Leeds
- Woodlesford Primary School Leeds
- Wykebeck Primary School Leeds
- Yeadon Westfield Infant School Leeds
- Yeadon Westfield Junior School Leeds