Castleton 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 🔒
Castleton Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2022. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Castleton 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
- In 2026 every Reception applicant was offered a place, as at 150 of the 219 other Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 34 first-choice applications for 39 offers, and 5 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 5 of the 13 earlier Reception years, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was 3rd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds that have results.
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
- Green Lane, Leeds, LS12 1JZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 469 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2022
Strengths
- “Castleton Primary School is a safe haven for pupils.”
- “This helps staff in the early years to establish trusting relationships with parents quickly.”
- “This partnership helps children to settle happily when they start school.”
To improve
- “Very occasionally, a few pupils are unkind to others.”
- “Leaders need to make sure that this happens every time.”
- “Some pupils continue to need help with their speech and language development in key stage 1.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 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) | 53% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 34 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.
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bartholomew's CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Five Lanes Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cockburn Ingram Road Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Armley Park Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Rosebank Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Burley St Matthias Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published