East Ardsley Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Wakefield, 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 🔒
East Ardsley Primary Academy is a primary school in Wakefield, Leeds for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 May 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
East Ardsley Primary Academy 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
- In 2024/25, 54% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, but places ran out in 6 of the 12 earlier years, and the last distance swung most from 2012 to 2013.
- Reception 2026 had 47 first-choice applications for 54 offers (0.9 first choices per offer, the 38th lowest of 214 Leeds primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In January 2026, 14.6% of pupils were eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds is 42.2%.
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
- Fall Lane, East Ardsley, Wakefield, WF3 2BA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 417 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 May 2024
Strengths
- “East Ardsley Primary Academy is an inclusive school.”
- “The pupils are polite and courteous to each other and the adults in the building.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
To improve
- “In some foundation subjects, teachers do not regularly assess the progress that pupils are making.”
- “As a result, sometimes teachers do not identify and respond to misconceptions as fully as they do in other subjects.”
- “There is a small group of disadvantaged pupils who are persistently absent more than their peers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 July 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) | 54% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 47 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.
- Thorpe Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackgates Primary Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Middleton Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Elements Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Robin Hood Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sharp Lane Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Westwood Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Middleton St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published