Alwoodley Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Alwoodley Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 April 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Alwoodley 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 150 of the 219 other Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 14 of the 15 earlier Reception years, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 43 first-choice applications for 52 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd 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
- Cranmer Rise, Alwoodley, Leeds, LS17 5HX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 464 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 29.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 April 2024
Strengths
- “A warm, caring and nurturing staff team welcome pupils, parents and visitors to Alwoodley.”
- “There are high expectations for all, including the school leaders themselves, the staff and pupils.”
- “As a result, pupils display consistently exemplary behaviour in lessons and at playtime.”
To improve
- “Some subjects, such as geography, are ambitious, with an established curriculum structure, while others, such as history and art and design, are being refined.”
- “The school recognises that the next action is to develop how it checks pupils’ learning in some developing subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 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) | 77% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 52 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.
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Allerton CofE Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brodetsky Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Primley Wood Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Adel Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Urban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Adel St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Moortown Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published