Alder Tree Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Alder Tree Primary Academy is a primary school in Leeds for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Alder Tree 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, 66% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds.
- For Reception 2026, there were 13 first-choice applications for 15 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 44.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds is 16.8%.
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
- Potternewton Mount, Leeds, LS7 2DR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 279 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 November 2023
Strengths
- “Alder Tree Primary Academy has high aspirations for every pupil, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “The school values, ‘believe, belong, become’, shine through daily life in school.”
- “They epitomise the school’s determination that every pupil will reach their full potential.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum is not implemented consistently well across all subjects and classes.”
- “In subjects that are less well embedded, such as art and design, pupils are less able to recall prior learning.”
- “In mathematics, some pupils do not remember number facts correctly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 December 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) | 66% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 13 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.
- Chapel Allerton Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Quarry Mount Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Manor Wood Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bracken Edge Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shire Oak VC Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Urban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published