Swarcliffe 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 🔒
Swarcliffe Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 March 2025. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Swarcliffe 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
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 41.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 33% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 2 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 13 first-choice applications for 16 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 21st lowest of 214 Leeds primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% 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
- Swarcliffe Drive, Leeds, LS14 5JW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 299 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are happy and safe.”
- “Staff have rallied well to maintain the quality of pupils’ experiences and learning.”
- “The recently introduced behaviour approach is highly effective.”
To improve
- “However, in some foundation subjects, these checks do not consistently provide leaders with precise information.”
- “This means that sometimes the school does not have a clear picture of how to adapt teaching to address what pupils do not know better.”
- “Consequently, pupils do not always learn the curriculum as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 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: 13 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 13 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.
- Grimes Dyke Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Manston Primary 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Manston St James Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beechwood Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- White Laith Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parklands Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published