Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Wetherby, Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.001 miles
Last place: Any Other Children · Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch is a primary school in Wetherby, Leeds for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 July 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp Arch 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 | 4.001 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, under one of its admission criteria, lived 4.001 miles away, the 4th longest of 68 Leeds primary schools with a published last distance.
- Across those 68 Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, the middle figure was 0.71 miles.
- Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 14 offers went to first-choice families, so 2 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, 6 of the 44 applications (14%) came from families living outside Leeds, and 1 offer went to them.
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
- Dowkell Lane, Thorp Arch, Wetherby, LS23 7AQ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 98 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 July 2024
Strengths
- “The school has high expectations for what pupils will learn.”
- “Pupils are safe, happy and achieve well.”
- “Relationships between adults and pupils are nurturing.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of foundation subjects, assessments in lessons are not checking what pupils learn precisely enough.”
- “As a result, the school is not able to consistently identify and address gaps in learning.”
- “In these subjects, pupils are not benefiting from the curriculum as much as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 September 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) | 33% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 14 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.
- St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Primrose Lane Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bramham Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crossley Street Primary School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wetherby 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Deighton Gates Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published