Cockburn Haigh Road Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–7 · 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 🔒
Cockburn Haigh Road Academy is a primary school in Leeds for ages 3–7 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 December 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Cockburn Haigh Road 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
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 150 of the 219 other Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome; places ran out in 3 of the 8 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 drew 15 first-choice applications for 15 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- There are 11.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds.
- 33.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds is 27.3%.
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
- Haigh Road, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0NQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 63 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 December 2023
Strengths
- “Cockburn Haigh Road Academy is a welcoming and friendly school.”
- “The relationships between adults and pupils are warm and nurturing.”
- “Pupils are well cared for, happy and safe.”
To improve
- “However, this is not the case in all subjects.”
- “Leaders recognise that they have not yet developed an effective system for checking what pupils know in the foundation subjects.”
- “As a result, leaders and teachers are unable to check if pupils have the necessary knowledge for future learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 15 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Victoria Junior School 0.2 mi School remains Good
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy, Rothwell 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rothwell Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Carlton Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oulton Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Clapgate Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlesford Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published