Pudsey Waterloo Primary
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Pudsey, 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 🔒
Pudsey Waterloo Primary is a primary school in Pudsey, Leeds for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 May 2022. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Pudsey Waterloo Primary 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
- 20.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 13.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 4 of the 7 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 saw 43 first-choice applications for 48 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Victoria Road, Pudsey, LS28 7SR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 416 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 May 2022
Strengths
- “Staff and pupils are proud to be a part of the school community.”
- “Leaders and staff model positive and respectful relationships.”
- “Pupils learn to be resilient and reflective.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, such as physical education (PE), some teachers are less confident about how knowledge and skills develop over time.”
- “As a result, in PE, some pupils do not understand what they have learned or why.”
- “Some find this more difficult and tend to talk over their peers, which can disrupt learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 July 2022 (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) | 60% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 43 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.
- Greenside Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Southroyd Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Pudsey Bolton Royd Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Lowtown Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Farsley Westroyd Primary School and Nursery 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Farsley Farfield Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published