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Strawberry Fields Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedAcademy338 pupilsNurseryLeeds
School Chooser Score
22
Below
similar schools
Likely range 8 to 52, so it could be “well below”
Out of 100. Better than 8% of the 50 schools most like it.
Reached the expected level at 1159%England 63%
Attendance95.2%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families13%Far fewer than most schools
Places29 spare338 pupils, 367 places
Pupils per teacher22.9School workforce census
Pupils on roll338Census January 2026

Strawberry Fields Primary School is a converter academy in Leeds for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 338 pupils and room for 367. About 13 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 22 out of 100. That puts it below schools like it, ahead of 8% of the 50 schools most like it.

Lidgett Lane, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 1LL0113 232 0796strawberryfields.leeds.sch.ukMrs Susan Mumby headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

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

Reached the expected level at 1159%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level5%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score106.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score103.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 44%44%20172018: 76%76%20182019: 56%56%20192023: 62%62%20232024: 60%60%20242025: 59%59%2025
Since 2017: +15%
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure20252024†2023†2019†2018†2017†LeedsEngland
Pupils tested444545434543
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths59%60%62%56%76%44%64%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths5%9%4%9%20%5%9%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score106.0107.0104.0103.0106.0103.0105.5105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score103.0104.0104.0106.0106.0100.0104.8104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score103.0105.0103.0107.0106.0103.0105.5105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard89%73%78%74%82%65%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard68%69%73%81%87%60%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)77%71%67%72%89%63%
Reading progressReading progress score-2.1-2.2+0.3+1.0
Maths progressMaths progress score-1.6+0.2+1.5-1.4
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged50%50%43%22%60%25%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged62%66%66%65%80%52%

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.

† These results are for Strawberry Fields Primary School, the school this one replaced in April 2024. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

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. 1 of the 3 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 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
50%62%
Gap 12 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
44%69%
Gap 25 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
10%5%
Gap 5 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.

Full305 pupils for 300 places, 2024/25
102% full

The school is full, with 5 more pupils than it has places for. More families apply than can get in, so things like how close you live and whether an older brother or sister is already here decide who gets a place.

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 roll338Census January 2026
Places36792% full
Pupils from low-income families13%13% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English9%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support11%38 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan2%7 pupils with a plan
Average class size27.312 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)14%£66,650 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls164 / 174
White British pupils79%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 26.2 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 29.3 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (20), language and communications needs (12), Specific learning difficulty (6), Autistic spectrum disorder (5), Moderate learning difficulty (1), Other difficulty or disability (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census20262025
Pupils on roll338332
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals13%14%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language9%8%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support12%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans2%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.2% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.2%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school11.3%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission1.4%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/24†2022/23†2021/22†2020/21†2018/19†England
Sessions missedOverall absence4.8%6.8%5.8%7.6%3.0%3.9%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.3%4.4%3.9%5.5%2.2%2.3%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.4%2.4%1.9%2.1%0.9%1.6%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence11.3%16.9%16.0%23.2%5.5%8.9%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions0

† These attendance figures are for Strawberry Fields Primary School, the school this one replaced in April 2024. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Staff and money

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

Teachers14.4full-time equivalent, 17 people
Pupils per teacher22.9Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants17.9full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£53,003
Teachers who left in the year6%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher4.82024/25

Money

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

Spend per pupil£7,333England £7,128. Total £2.4m
Income per pupil£6,551England £7,587. Total £2.1m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,368England £3,405
Money in reserve-8%In the red: -£171k, -£533 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out-£251kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£7,333spent 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 m23512 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate96 per 1,000 people6% higher than the England average
Typical house price£245,000Leeds
Nearest bus stop10 mRingway, 27 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
St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy930 m200Good 202285Compare
Ninelands Primary SchoolFoundation1000 m444Good 202363Compare
Kippax North Primary SchoolAcademy0.9 miles235Good 202439Compare
Green Lane Primary AcademyAcademy1.1 miles445Outstanding 202398Compare
East Garforth Primary AcademyAcademy1.2 miles208Good 202394Compare
Kippax Greenfield Primary SchoolAcademy1.5 miles142Good 202328Compare
Swillington Primary SchoolAcademy1.7 miles210Good 202433Compare
Kippax Ash Tree Primary SchoolAcademy1.8 miles278Good 202421Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Strawberry Fields Primary School with the 48 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 48 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats8%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
Near the bottom of its group. Its score of 22 is 36 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 12 · middle 58 · highest 98100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 48 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Strawberry Fields 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
Rooks Nest AcademyAcademy7.0 miles368Good 202385Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 22 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 22% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 8 to 52. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. 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%in line
-0.04
2025 results; 44 pupils
Ofsted inspection0%no data
Progress pupils make20%below
-0.25
Contextualised attainment (no DfE progress measure available); 44 pupils
Direction of travel over five years0%no data
Attendance and behaviour10%in line
+0.04
2024/25; 265 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%below
-0.13
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 44 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 Strawberry Fields Primary School a good school?

The figures are weak. Strawberry Fields Primary School scores 22 out of 100. That is below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 8% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 8 to 52, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

How good are Strawberry Fields Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 59% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 5% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Strawberry Fields Primary School have?

338 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 367 places, so it is 92% full.

Is Strawberry Fields Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably. The school was full in 2024/25, with 5 more pupils than places. How close you live, and the school's other admissions rules, decide who gets in.

What is attendance like at Strawberry Fields Primary School?

Pupils were in school 95.2% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 11% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Strawberry Fields Primary School?

The average class had 27.3 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class 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
Lidgett Lane, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 1LL
Telephone
0113 232 0796
Website
www.strawberryfields.leeds.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Susan Mumby
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Multi-academy trust
Selby Educational Trust (6 schools)
Local authority
Leeds
Ward
Garforth & Swillington
Constituency
Leeds East
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 April 2024 (academy converter)
URN
150406 · LAESTAB 3833917 · UKPRN 10093863
Formerly
Strawberry Fields Primary School

Where these figures come from