Shakespeare Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Shakespeare Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 1 May 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Shakespeare 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 8 of the 14 earlier years.
- In 2026, Reception had 64 first-choice applications for 64 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest 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
- Lincoln Road, Leeds, LS9 7NP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 732 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 1 May 2024
Strengths
- “Shakespeare Primary School is a welcoming school where pupils flourish.”
- “The school has high expectations and works hard to provide the best education for all pupils.”
- “On entry, pupils quickly build important knowledge and skills from their varied starting points.”
To improve
- “This impacts on the school’s published outcomes.”
- “Although these changes are being implemented well, more needs to be done to ensure that pupils achieve consistently highly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 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) | 43% | 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: 64 first-preference applications, 64 offers in total, 64 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 Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ebor Gardens Primary Academy 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Nightingale 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Little London Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Patrick Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Brownhill 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published