Harehills 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 🔒
Harehills Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Some aspects not as strong, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Harehills 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, though places ran out, with a last distance published, in 10 of the 15 earlier years.
- In 2026, Reception had 77 first-choice applications for 78 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% 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
- Darfield Road, Harehills, Leeds, LS8 5DQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 692 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “Staff have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour.”
- “At social times, pupils get on well together.”
To improve
- “However, this is still in its early stages.”
- “There is variability in how well the curriculum is designed and implemented.”
- “Pupils’ experiences of the curriculum are inconsistent, which impacts on how well they learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 May 2025 (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) | 52% | 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: 77 first-preference applications, 78 offers in total, 77 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.
- Co-op Academy Nightingale 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Woodlands 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Hovingham Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bankside Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hillcrest Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Oakwood 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Brownhill 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published