Hugh Gaitskell Primary School
Primary · Foundation 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 🔒
Hugh Gaitskell Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Hugh Gaitskell 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, as at 150 of the 219 other Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2026, Reception had 47 first-choice applications for 64 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 17 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Reception in 2026 had 0.7 first choices per offer, the 10th lowest of 214 Leeds primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% 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
- St Anthony's Drive, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 8AB
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 555 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 17 March 2026
Strengths
- “Hugh Gaitskell Primary School is a calm and friendly place.”
- “Staff build positive relationships with pupils.”
- “This means that pupils know who they can go to for help or support when they need it.”
To improve
- “Pupils receive a mixed quality of education at the school.”
- “While pupils in some phases of the school progress well through the curriculum, others, including in the early years, do not receive the same level of effective support.”
- “Over time, too many pupils have not been ready for their next steps.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 May 2026 (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: 47 first-preference applications, 64 offers in total, 47 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.
- Beeston Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Park View Primary Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lift Cottingley 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenmount Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beeston Hill St Luke's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Cockburn Ingram Road Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published