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Templenewsam Halton Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedAcademy454 pupilsNurseryLeeds
School Chooser Score
34
Below
similar schools
Likely range 20 to 54, so it could be “in line”
Out of 100. Better than 28% of the 50 schools most like it. Getting better year on year.
OfstedGoodConfirmed by Ofsted, March 2023
Reached the expected level at 1162%England 63%
Attendance94.3%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families20%A bit fewer than most schools
PlacesFull454 pupils, 420 places
Pupils per teacher22.4School workforce census

Templenewsam Halton Primary School is a converter academy in Leeds for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 454 pupils, 34 more than it has places for. About 20 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools. We give it 34 out of 100. That puts it below schools like it, ahead of 28% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.

Pinfold Lane, Leeds, LS15 7SY0113 293 0314tnhps.co.ukMrs Caroline Johnson headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

A shorter visit on 10 March 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

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

Reached the expected level at 1162%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level7%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score107.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score104.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 55%55%20172018: 49%49%20182019: 41%41%20192023: 37%37%20232024: 31%31%20242025: 62%62%2025
Since 2017: +7%Improving overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure2025202420232019†2018†2017†LeedsEngland
Pupils tested586160615956
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths62%31%37%41%49%55%64%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths7%5%3%3%0%5%9%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score107.0102.0102.0102.0105.0103.0105.5105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score104.0101.099.0100.0102.0101.0104.8104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score105.0101.0101.0103.0105.0104.0105.5105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard84%54%62%66%78%64%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard76%54%45%56%66%73%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)76%56%63%66%58%73%
Reading progressReading progress score-1.3-0.9+0.8+0.2
Maths progressMaths progress score-3.5-3.5-1.3-1.4
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged30%14%21%22%33%27%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged69%36%41%56%55%62%

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 Templenewsam Halton Primary School, the school this one replaced in November 2018. 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. 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 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
30%69%
Gap 39 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
76%44%
Gap 32 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%7%
Gap 7 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.

Nearly full414 pupils for 420 places, 2024/25
99% full

Fewer than one place in twenty is empty, so in most years more families apply than there are places. Living close by, or already having a child here, makes a real difference. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.

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 roll454Census January 2026
Places420108% full
Pupils from low-income families20%20% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English8%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support16%71 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan1%4 pupils with a plan
Average class size27.615 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils27%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)19%£120,900 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls217 / 237
White British pupils82%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 28.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 30.6 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (31), emotional and mental health (16), Autistic spectrum disorder (12), Moderate learning difficulty (11), Hearing impairment (2), Specific learning difficulty (2).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll454461446452464470
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals20%14%14%15%16%16%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language8%5%4%2%2%2%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support15%15%16%11%10%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans1%0%0%0%0%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.3% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance94.3%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school14.7%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.22024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission2.2%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence5.7%5.4%5.5%6.3%3.0%4.2%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.5%3.1%3.6%4.3%2.0%2.1%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence2.2%2.3%1.9%2.0%1.1%2.1%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence14.7%13.7%14.8%19.5%6.0%7.6%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.20.20.20.20.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

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

Teachers19.7full-time equivalent, 21 people
Pupils per teacher22.4Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants17.8full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£48,525
Teachers who left in the year9%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher5.42024/25

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£5,541England £7,128. Total £2.5m
Income per pupil£5,904England £7,587. Total £2.7m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,038England £3,405
Money in reserve15%A healthy amount put by: £389k, £867 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£163kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£5,541spent 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 m30012 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate106 per 1,000 people17% higher than the England average
Typical house price£245,000Leeds
Nearest bus stop100 mField End Road, 14 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
Whitkirk Primary SchoolAcademy800 m426Good 202361Compare
Cross Gates Primary SchoolFoundation900 m259Good 202447Compare
Temple Learning AcademyFree school0.7 miles918Report card 20257Compare
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic0.9 miles259Good 202288Compare
Seacroft Grange Primary SchoolFoundation1.0 miles195Good 202014Compare
Parklands Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles360Outstanding 202411Compare
Meadowfield Primary SchoolAcademy1.1 miles495Good 202315Compare
Austhorpe Primary SchoolAcademy1.1 miles213Good 202264Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Templenewsam Halton 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.

Beats28%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the lower half of its group. Its score of 34 is 28 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 6 · middle 62 · highest 100100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 47 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Templenewsam Halton 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
Valley View Community Primary SchoolCouncil8.0 miles429No overall grade 202477Compare
Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy9.4 miles434No overall grade 2025100Compare
Blakehill Primary SchoolCouncil11.3 miles421Good 202274Compare
Dixons Music PrimaryFree school12.2 miles420Outstanding 202256Compare
Wellgate Primary SchoolAcademy14.6 miles424Not inspected51Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 34 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 34% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 20 to 54. 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%below
-0.12
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 58 pupils
Ofsted inspection19% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old)in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 3.5 years old
Progress pupils make20%below
-0.11
DfE progress measure; 58 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%well above
+0.18
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%in line
-0.03
2024/25; 367 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%well below
-0.12
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 58 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 Templenewsam Halton Primary School a good school?

The figures are weak. Templenewsam Halton Primary School scores 34 out of 100. That is below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 28% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 20 to 54, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been getting better over the last five years.

What is Templenewsam Halton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Templenewsam Halton Primary School good at its last full inspection on 10 March 2023.

How good are Templenewsam Halton Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 62% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 7% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Templenewsam Halton Primary School have?

454 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 420 places, so it is 108% full.

Is Templenewsam Halton Primary School oversubscribed?

Often. Fewer than one place in twenty was empty in 2024/25, so popular year groups fill up.

What is attendance like at Templenewsam Halton Primary School?

Pupils were in school 94.3% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 15% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Templenewsam Halton Primary School?

The average class had 27.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 27% 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
Pinfold Lane, Leeds, LS15 7SY
Telephone
0113 293 0314
Website
www.tnhps.co.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Caroline Johnson
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Multi-academy trust
Red Kite Learning Trust (16 schools)
Local authority
Leeds
Ward
Temple Newsam
Constituency
Leeds South
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 November 2018 (academy converter)
URN
146218 · LAESTAB 3832465 · UKPRN 10081692
Formerly
Templenewsam Halton Primary School

Where these figures come from