Westgate Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Otley, Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Westgate Primary School is a primary school in Otley, Leeds for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Westgate 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
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 12 of 15 earlier years, and the last distance swung sharply, most from 2022 to 2023.
- For Reception 2026 there were 24 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 11.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds.
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
- Scarborough Road, Otley, LS21 3JS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 226 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 December 2023
Strengths
- “Westgate Primary School is a welcoming and friendly school at the heart of its community.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “These expectations are realised.”
To improve
- “While the majority of pupils are attentive and eager to learn in lessons, a small number find it harder to engage with learning.”
- “These pupils are not always supported well by adults to focus and learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 January 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) | 69% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 24 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 Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Otley 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashfield Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Otley All Saints CofE Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Otley the Whartons Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Guiseley Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St. Oswald's CofE Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Queensway Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tranmere Park Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published