Cross Gates Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 2–11 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.649 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 🔒
Cross Gates Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 2–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 April 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Cross Gates 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 | 0.649 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 place offered went to a child in the defined catchment area, who lived 0.649 miles from the school.
- That was the 29th shortest of 68 Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included), where the middle figure was 0.71 miles.
- In 2026, Reception had 35 first-choice applications for 29 offers: 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% 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
- Poole Crescent, Leeds, LS15 7NB
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 259 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 April 2024
Strengths
- “Cross Gates Primary School is a happy school at the heart of the community.”
- “Pupils enjoy positive relationships with their peers and with adults.”
- “They trust that adults will help them if they ever have worries.”
To improve
- “In some foundation subjects, the curriculum is less well refined.”
- “In these subjects, teachers are not always clear on what to teach and when.”
- “The COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected some pupils’ achievement in reading.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 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) | 70% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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.
- Parklands Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Seacroft Grange Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Templenewsam Halton Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Manston St James Primary Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Manston Primary 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Beechwood Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Whitkirk Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published