Manston Primary
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
7.301 miles
Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Manston Primary is a primary school in Leeds for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 October 2022. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Manston Primary 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 | 7.301 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 2026 the last place offered went to a child living 7.301 miles away, the 2nd longest of 68 Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- There were 27 first-choice applications for 30 Reception 2026 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply, most of all from 2020 to 2021, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 11 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 55% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 5th 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
- Manston Primary, Dennil Road, Leeds, LS15 8SD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils happily attend this friendly community school.”
- “Each day, they are eager to see their friends and their teachers.”
- “Pupils are looked after by caring staff who know them and their families well.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, such as history and science, there is less clarity about how to teach pupils about how important subject knowledge has been established.”
- “Some pupils do not understand what it means to be a subject expert.”
- “A few pupils struggle to meet leaders’ high expectations for behaviour.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 2022 (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) | 55% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- Manston St James Primary Academy 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Swarcliffe Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Parklands Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Grimes Dyke Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cross Gates Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Beechwood Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Scholes (Elmet) Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published