Great Preston VC CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.41 miles
Last place: Catchment priority · Published by Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
This distance applies only to children in the “Catchment priority” 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 🔒
Great Preston VC CofE Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 16 June 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Great Preston VC 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 | 0.41 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
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place, under its priority-area criterion, lived 0.41 miles from the school.
- That 2026 Reception figure was the 11th shortest of 68 Leeds primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.71 miles).
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2012, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
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
- Preston Lane, Great Preston, Leeds, LS26 8AR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 228 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 16 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Great Preston Primary School are proud to attend.”
- “There is a strong Christian ethos and pupils are friendly and courteous.”
- “They have positive relationships with staff and treat each other with respect.”
To improve
- “Some subjects are further ahead than others with this.”
- “In some subjects, pupils need to be given more opportunities to use their subject knowledge to draw specific conclusions.”
- “However, they were not able to routinely use their geographical knowledge to explain why these differences are present.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 August 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) | 59% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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 Greenfield Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Kippax Ash Tree Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Methley Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Swillington Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kippax North Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lady Elizabeth Hastings CofE Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Strawberry Fields Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published