Hill Top 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 🔒
Hill Top Primary Academy is a primary school in Wakefield, Leeds for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 July 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Hill Top 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, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places had run out in 8 of the 9 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 13 of the 96 applications (14%) came from families living outside Leeds, and 7 offers 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
- Batley Road, West Ardsley, Wakefield, WF3 1HD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 223 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils love to attend this caring and inclusive school.”
- “They enjoy extremely positive relationships with adults.”
- “Pupils know that if they have a concern, they can turn to any adult for help.”
To improve
- “However, the school does not have a precise way of measuring how this small group of pupils is progressing.”
- “Sometimes, these pupils are given books to read which do not contain the sounds they have been taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 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) | 83% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 25 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.
- Westerton Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackgates Primary Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- East Ardsley Primary Academy 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fountain Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Morley Newlands Academy 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Seven Hills Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Middleton Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westwood Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published