Rothwell 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 🔒
Rothwell Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Rothwell 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 place for Reception 2026, while in all 14 earlier years places ran out and a last distance was published.
- 14.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds is 27.3%.
- Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% 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
- Carlton Lane, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0DJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 310 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Rothwell Primary School are happy and safe.”
- “Pupils are cared for and supported well by all staff.”
- “They trust staff to help them if they have any worries.”
To improve
- “In some lessons, teachers do not focus their teaching clearly enough on the most important content that pupils need to learn.”
- “For example, when teaching writing, teachers sometimes focus on broad aims such as ‘writing a diary entry’ but do not ensure that all pupils are secure in their knowledge of the language, grammar and topic knowledge that they are expected to use in their writing.”
- “In some cases, pupils lack the wider knowledge necessary to make sense of these experiences.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 September 2023 (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) | 67% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carlton Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Victoria Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Cockburn Haigh Road Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Oulton Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Robin Hood Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodlesford Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published