Cookridge Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 5–11 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.577 miles
Last place: In defined catchment area · Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
This distance applies only to children in the “In defined catchment area” priority. The last place went to that group, so no child in a lower priority got a place, however close they lived.
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cookridge Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 5–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Cookridge 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 | 0.577 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
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place as a priority-area child lived 0.577 miles away, 26th shortest of 68 Leeds primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 73 first-choice applications for 43 offers, 1.7 first choices per offer, the 2nd highest of 214 Leeds primary schools.
- In the same 2026 Reception entry, 43 offers went to first-choice families, and 30 first-choice families (41%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 76% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Tinshill Drive, Cookridge, Leeds, LS16 7DH
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 314 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this vibrant school.”
- “Leaders have established a powerful vision, ‘together we achieve the extraordinary’.”
- “This inspires staff to create rich opportunities for pupils to deepen their learning.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, the tasks that pupils are given to complete in lessons are not considered carefully enough.”
- “These tasks do not match the curriculum’s learning intentions closely.”
- “This means that sometimes, pupils are completing tasks that do not help them to secure new knowledge well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 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) | 76% | 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: 73 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 43 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.
- Cookridge Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Ireland Wood Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Iveson Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Westbrook Lane Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Horsforth 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Broadgate Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published