Lower Wortley Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.293 miles
Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lower Wortley Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Lower Wortley 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 | 0.293 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 0.293 miles away, the 4th shortest of 68 Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 14 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 51 first-choice applications for 46 offers; 45 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Lower Wortley Road, Leeds, LS12 4PX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 331 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning and are happy at this welcoming school.”
- “Pupils behave well in lessons and around the school site.”
- “Pupils care for each other and positive attitudes are established early in school.”
To improve
- “However, pupils in key stages 1 and 2 do not routinely learn enough knowledge to develop a thorough understanding in some wider curriculum subjects.”
- “In these subjects, pupils do not know enough subject-specific vocabulary to help them explain what they have learned.”
- “Pupils struggle to apply their knowledge in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 November 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) | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 45 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.
- Cobden Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Five Lanes Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whingate Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bartholomew's CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lawns Park Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ryecroft Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published