Harewood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.070 miles
Last place: Sibling · Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
This distance applies only to children in the “Sibling” priority. The last place went to that group, so no child in a lower priority got a place, however close they lived.
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Harewood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 September 2022. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Harewood Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 6.070 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
- Reception 2026's last child offered a place, who had a sibling at the school, lived 6.070 miles away, the 3rd longest of 68 Leeds primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2011, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 14 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 19 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 15 offers went to first-choice families, so 4 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 100% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest 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
- Harrogate Road, Harewood, Leeds, LS17 9LH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 106 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 September 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders have created an inclusive atmosphere where all pupils feel welcome.”
- “The school provides a strong sense of community for pupils from across its wide catchment area.”
- “Pupils are well cared for and nurtured to enable them to achieve their full potential.”
To improve
- “However, the wider curriculum is not as consistently well developed.”
- “In some areas of the curriculum, leaders have not identified the key knowledge that pupils need to learn.”
- “In some foundation subjects, assessment systems are not as securely in place.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 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) | 100% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Bardsey Primary Academy 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wigton Moor Primary School 3.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Highfield Primary School 3.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Brodetsky Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Primley Wood Primary School 3.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shadwell Primary School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Allerton CofE Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Collingham Lady Elizabeth Hastings Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published