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Brodetsky Primary School

Primary · ages 2-11MixedJewish214 pupilsNurseryLeeds
School Chooser Score
84
Above
similar schools
Likely range 68 to 93
Out of 100. Better than 85% of the 50 schools most like it. Slipping year on year.
OfstedGoodConfirmed by Ofsted, November 2023
Reached the expected level at 1175%England 63%
Attendance95.9%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families10%Far fewer than most schools
PlacesFull214 pupils, 210 places
Pupils per teacher15.3School workforce census

Brodetsky Primary School is a Jewish school (voluntary aided) in Leeds for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 214 pupils, 4 more than it has places for. About 10 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 84 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 85% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.

Henry Cohen Campus, Wentworth Avenue, Leeds, LS17 7TN0113 293 0578brodetsky.orgMrs Charlotte Kelsey acting headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

A shorter visit on 22 November 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

32 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1175%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level22%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score108.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score108.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 69%69%20172018: 75%75%20182019: 73%73%20192023: 90%90%20232024: 67%67%20242025: 75%75%2025
Since 2017: +6%Declining overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017LeedsEngland
Pupils tested323030402845
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths75%67%90%73%75%69%64%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths22%13%17%15%7%18%9%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score108.0108.0110.0106.0105.0107.0105.5105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score108.0106.0110.0108.0103.0107.0104.8104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score108.0107.0111.0108.0105.0108.0105.5105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard91%87%90%85%75%73%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard88%87%100%95%86%93%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)81%73%93%88%86%89%
Reading progressReading progress score+3.3+1.0-0.5+0.3
Maths progressMaths progress score+4.2+1.7-1.6+1.2
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged67%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged67%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
89%54%
Gap 35 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published. As a Jewish school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.

Plenty of spare places208 pupils for 287 places, 2024/25
73% full

79 places were empty (28% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 3% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Leeds council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll214Census January 2026
Places210102% full
Pupils from low-income families9%10% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English11%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support15%32 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan1%2 pupils with a plan
Average class size24.65 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils40%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)11%£31,000 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls105 / 109
White British pupils76%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 20.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 31.5 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (14), emotional and mental health (10), Specific learning difficulty (6), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Physical disability (1), Severe learning difficulty (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll214232244250248260
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals9%9%9%8%10%9%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language11%11%11%10%10%8%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support10%9%11%15%17%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans0%0%0%1%1%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.9% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.9%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school8.8%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission1.2%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence4.1%5.2%4.6%5.5%2.8%4.1%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.0%3.9%3.3%4.3%2.0%3.1%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.2%1.3%1.3%1.3%0.8%1.0%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence8.8%13.2%7.7%11.8%4.1%7.1%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.00.00.00.00.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers13.8full-time equivalent, 15 people
Pupils per teacher15.3Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers87%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants3.2full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£47,293
Teachers who left in the year14%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher0.42024/25

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£8,290England £7,738. Total £1.9m
Income per pupil£8,450England £7,697. Total £1.9m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,515England £3,480
Money in reserve-4%In the red: -£69k, -£300 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£37kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£8,290spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m14312 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate125 per 1,000 people37% higher than the England average
Typical house price£245,000Leeds
Nearest bus stop300 mFir Tree Grove, 5 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Primley Wood Primary SchoolFree school560 m245Good 201960Compare
Allerton CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England610 m624Good 202252Compare
Alwoodley Primary SchoolCouncil950 m464Good 202479Compare
St Paul's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy990 m198Report card 202692Compare
Highfield Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles419Outstanding 202498Compare
Moortown Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles207Outstanding 202496Compare
Wigton Moor Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles416Outstanding 2023100Compare
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy1.2 miles375Good 202494Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Brodetsky Primary School with the 47 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 47 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats85%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the top quarter of its group. Its score of 84 is 18 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 16 · middle 66 · highest 97100

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 84 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 84% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 68 to 93. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%above
+0.21
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 32 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 2.8 years old
Progress pupils make20%above
+0.19
DfE progress measure; 32 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%below
-0.09
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%above
+0.07
2024/25; 181 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%well above
+0.12
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 32 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Brodetsky Primary School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Brodetsky Primary School scores 84 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 85% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 68 to 93, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.

What is Brodetsky Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Brodetsky Primary School good at its last full inspection on 22 November 2023.

How good are Brodetsky Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 75% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 22% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Brodetsky Primary School have?

214 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 210 places, so it is 102% full.

Is Brodetsky Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 79 places were empty in 2024/25 (28% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Brodetsky Primary School?

Pupils were in school 95.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 9% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Brodetsky Primary School?

The average class had 24.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 40% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Henry Cohen Campus, Wentworth Avenue, Leeds, LS17 7TN
Telephone
0113 293 0578
Website
www.brodetsky.org
Acting Headteacher
Mrs Charlotte Kelsey
Type of school
Jewish school (voluntary aided) (Voluntary aided school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 2-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Jewish
Local authority
Leeds
Ward
Alwoodley
Constituency
Leeds North East
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
108054 · LAESTAB 3833915 · UKPRN 10073730

Where these figures come from