Middleton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · 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 🔒
Middleton Primary School is a primary school in Leeds for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 November 2022. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Middleton 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
- In 2024/25, 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 150 of the 219 other Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
- Reception 2026 had 51 first-choice applications for 52 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked the school second or lower.
- 47.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 25.6% 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
- Middleton Park Avenue, Leeds, LS10 4HU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 383 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 November 2022
Strengths
- “Middleton Primary is a friendly and welcoming school.”
- “Staff have high expectations of pupils’ attitudes and behaviour.”
- “Pupils focus on their learning.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, for example, history, the important knowledge that pupils need to learn is not identified by leaders.”
- “Some of the deeper knowledge pupils need to acquire is not explicitly addressed in curriculum planning.”
- “Leaders are aware that, in a small number of classes, reading routines are less established.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 January 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) | 53% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 51 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.
- Westwood Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Elements Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Middleton St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sharp Lane Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Thorpe Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackgates Primary Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- East Ardsley Primary Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published