Birchfield Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.573 miles
Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Birchfield Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 October 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Birchfield Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.573 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 8 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 44 first-choice applications for 30 offers, which is 1.5 first choices per offer, the 5th highest of 214 Leeds primary schools.
- 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families (32%) were not offered a place in Reception 2026.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.573 miles away, the 25th shortest of 68 Leeds primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 84% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leeds schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Birchfield Avenue, Gildersome, Leeds, LS27 7HU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 233 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 October 2023
Strengths
- “Birchfield Primary is a small, friendly and welcoming school.”
- “The school develops pupils’ knowledge through a rich and exciting curriculum linked to memorable experiences.”
- “Pupils excel in their learning.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the curriculum is not taught consistently well.”
- “This means that some pupils do not learn and remember the crucial knowledge leaders have identified.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 84% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 44 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leeds.
- Gildersome Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Asquith Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Drighlington Primary School 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Morley Victoria Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, Morley 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fountain Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Churwell Primary Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Seven Hills Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published