Primrose Lane Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Wetherby, Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Primrose Lane Primary School is a primary school in Wetherby, Leeds for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 5 December 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Primrose Lane 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- 12.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals. Across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds, the middle figure is 5.3%.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place. In 9 of the 11 earlier years with a published outcome, places ran out.
- For Reception 2026 there were 16 first-choice applications for 16 offers. 10 of the 61 applications (16%) came from families living outside Leeds, and 1 offer went to them.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 21% 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
- Westwood Way, Boston Spa, Wetherby, LS23 6DX
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 165 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 5 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Primrose Lane show respect to their friends, their teachers and to visitors to their school.”
- “The school carefully supports pupils who need extra help to behave well.”
- “The school ensures that pupils have a secure understanding of equality and diversity.”
To improve
- “Although pupils’ learning is improving in reading, writing and mathematics, it is less secure in the wider curriculum.”
- “The pandemic has slowed down the pace of school improvement.”
- “However, weaknesses remain in the wider curriculum, where learning is not consistently organised in ways that help pupils to remember important knowledge over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 February 2024 (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) | 59% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 16 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.
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Bramham Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crossley Street Primary School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Collingham Lady Elizabeth Hastings Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published