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Greenhill Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncil353 pupilsNurseryLeeds
School Chooser Score
24
Below
similar schools
Likely range 13 to 41
Out of 100. Better than 42% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
OfstedNo overall gradeLast Ofsted inspection, December 2024
Reached the expected level at 1154%England 63%
Attendance92.5%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families45%Far more than most schools
Places61 spare353 pupils, 414 places
Pupils per teacher17.3School workforce census

Greenhill Primary School is a council school in Leeds for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 353 pupils and room for 414. About 45 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. We give it 24 out of 100. That puts it below schools like it, ahead of 42% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2024, no overall grade.

Gamble Hill Drive, Leeds, LS13 4JJ0113 263 5271greenhill.leeds.sch.ukMr Matthew Dawson headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 10 December 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Good
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes
Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
27 September 2023UngradedSchool remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

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

Reached the expected level at 1154%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level3%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score103.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score102.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 41%41%20172018: 28%28%20182019: 46%46%20192023: 51%51%20232024: 55%55%20242025: 54%54%2025
Since 2017: +13%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017LeedsEngland
Pupils tested595855575039
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths54%55%51%46%28%41%64%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths3%9%4%4%0%0%9%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score103.0104.0104.0101.098.0101.0105.5105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score102.0103.0104.0102.097.0101.0104.8104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score103.0105.0105.0101.099.0102.0105.5105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard64%74%67%54%38%54%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard64%71%71%70%38%67%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)68%64%62%56%56%67%
Reading progressReading progress score+0.3-2.0-6.0-1.3
Maths progressMaths progress score+0.9-1.8-5.7-0.2
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged48%38%28%52%36%35%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged59%68%70%41%20%45%

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. Every gap at this school 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 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
48%59%
Gap 11 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
56%53%
Gap 3 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%3%
Gap 3 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.

Plenty of spare places352 pupils for 420 places, 2024/25
84% full

68 places were empty (16% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 9% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

Will my child get a place?

In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.

We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.

How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place (44 offers for 45 places). The furthest away lived 690 m from the school.

EntryPlacesGot a placeHow far the last child livedSource
2026 Primary4544690 mLA
2025 Primary4531all offeredLA
2024 Primary4533all offeredLA
2023 Primary6037all offeredLA

What a home within 690 m of the school costs

Typical sale price within 690 m of the school£191,250half sold for £165k to £235k
Homes sold168December 2023 to December 2025, Land Registry
Compared with the district-22%a typical home in the district sells for £245,000

Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.

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 roll353Census January 2026
Places41485% full
Pupils from low-income families46%45% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English13%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support24%86 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan2%7 pupils with a plan
Average class size24.614 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils21%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)46%£234,050 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls173 / 180
White British pupils77%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 18.5 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 28.9 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (38), emotional and mental health (34), Moderate learning difficulty (13), Autistic spectrum disorder (5), Other difficulty or disability (1), Physical disability (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll353383404418427444
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals46%41%43%42%38%38%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language13%13%10%11%10%9%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support20%20%19%23%25%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans1%1%0%1%1%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance92.5%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school24.5%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils12.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission3.8%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence7.5%7.7%9.1%9.1%6.1%5.7%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.8%4.0%4.9%4.6%4.1%3.1%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence3.8%3.7%4.2%4.5%2.0%2.5%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence24.5%26.4%29.8%28.5%17.8%15.7%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate12.01.01.94.05.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

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

Teachers19.8full-time equivalent, 21 people
Pupils per teacher17.3Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers95%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants26.6full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£51,385
Teachers who left in the year13%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher7.72024/25

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£8,149England £7,738. Total £3.0m
Income per pupil£7,926England £7,697. Total £3.0m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,148England £3,480
Money in reserve6%Not much put by: £166k, £444 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£84kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£8,149spent 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 m44412 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate185 per 1,000 people104% higher than the England average
Typical house price£245,000Leeds
Nearest bus stop70 mQueensthorpe Ave, 37 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
Christ The King Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy850 m166Report card 202690Compare
Ryecroft AcademyAcademy920 m350No overall grade 202559Compare
Park Spring Primary SchoolCouncil960 m355Report card 20264Compare
Raynville AcademyAcademy0.6 miles397Good 202352Compare
Bramley St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England0.8 miles371Report card 20262Compare
Whingate Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles464Good 202320Compare
Lawns Park Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles233Good 202018Compare
Hollybush PrimaryCouncil1.0 miles337Report card 20267Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Greenhill Primary School with the 50 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 50 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats42%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the lower half of its group. Its score of 24 is 8 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 0 · middle 32 · highest 99100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 50 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Greenhill Primary School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
High Crags Primary Leadership AcademyAcademy6.4 miles311Good 202429Compare
Ingrow Primary SchoolCouncil12.7 miles369Good 202232Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 24 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 24% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 13 to 41. 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%below
-0.14
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 59 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 1.8 years old
Progress pupils make20%in line
-0.01
DfE progress measure; 59 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%in line
-0.03
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%well below
-0.16
2024/25; 331 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%in line
-0.02
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 59 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 Greenhill Primary School a good school?

The figures are weak. Greenhill Primary School scores 24 out of 100. That is below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 42% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 13 to 41, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

What is Greenhill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Greenhill Primary School not judged at its last full inspection on 10 December 2024.

How good are Greenhill Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 54% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 3% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Greenhill Primary School have?

353 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 414 places, so it is 85% full.

Is Greenhill Primary School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?

Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 690 m away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.

What is attendance like at Greenhill Primary School?

Pupils were in school 92.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 24% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Greenhill Primary School?

The average class had 24.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 21% 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
Gamble Hill Drive, Leeds, LS13 4JJ
Telephone
0113 263 5271
Website
www.greenhill.leeds.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mr Matthew Dawson
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Leeds
Ward
Farnley & Wortley
Constituency
Leeds South West and Morley
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
107975 · LAESTAB 3832499 · UKPRN 10072243

Where these figures come from