Sharp Lane 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 🔒
Sharp Lane Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 October 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Sharp Lane 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, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 7 of the 13 earlier years.
- 150 of the 219 other Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
- Reception 2026 had 62 first-choice applications for 64 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds.
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
- Sharp Lane, Middleton, Leeds, LS10 4QE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 570 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 October 2023
Strengths
- “The school provides an ambitious curriculum in most subjects, including the core subjects of English, mathematics and science.”
- “Pupils achieve well in these subjects.”
- “There is a strong curriculum offer in most other subjects, including physical education (PE).”
To improve
- “The school is still refining curriculum plans in some curriculum subjects.”
- “The school is continuing to develop the curriculum and assessment systems in those foundation curriculum subjects that are not as well established as others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 December 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) | 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: 62 first-preference applications, 64 offers in total, 62 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.
- Clapgate Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Elements Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Middleton St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Philip's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Windmill Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Middleton Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thorpe Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Robin Hood Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published