Bankside Primary School
Shepherds Lane, Leeds, LS8 5AW
676 pupils · 91% of 744 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- Leeds Learning Alliance
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Free school meals
- 43%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 February 2025, published 27 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 31% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 70 | 67 | 134 | 69 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 55 | 55 | 132 | 55 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 72 | 71 | 152 | 71 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 68 | 66 | 154 | 67 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 72 | 72 | 166 | 72 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 60 | 59 | 133 | 59 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 79 | 74 | 141 | 78 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 84 | 75 | 135 | 79 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Hillcrest Academy 0.3 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Harehills Primary School 0.6 km · Some aspects not as strong (2025)
- Bracken Edge Primary School 0.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.8 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Co-op Academy Nightingale 0.9 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Hovingham Primary School 0.9 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.