Lady Elizabeth Hastings CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Castleford, 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 🔒
Lady Elizabeth Hastings CofE Primary School is a primary school in Castleford, Leeds for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 February 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Lady Elizabeth Hastings CofE 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
- 78% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds.
- Reception 2026 saw 17 first-choice applications for 17 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 8 of the 49 applications (16%) came from families living outside Leeds.
- Of pupils here, 6.2% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14.5% across 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
- Green Lane, Ledston, Castleford, WF10 2BD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 145 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “Some travel from a distance by school bus and are eager to learn when they arrive.”
- “There is a warmth of welcome that is appreciated by pupils and their parents and carers.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ subject knowledge is stronger in some subjects than in others.”
- “In science, it is less clear what pupils need to learn.”
- “This makes it hard for teachers to check what pupils understand and to address gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 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) | 78% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 17 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.
- Allerton Bywater Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Kippax Ash Tree Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Kippax Greenfield Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Great Preston VC CofE Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kippax North Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Methley Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Green Lane Primary Academy 2.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ninelands Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published