Gildersome Primary School
Town Street, Gildersome, Leeds, LS27 7AB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Hoyle
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Leeds South West and Morley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 446
- Pupils on roll
- 352
- URN
- 107848
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01132012450
About this school
Gildersome Primary School is a community primary school in Leeds. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 352 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 53 | 63 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 58% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 8% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 70% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 79% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 66% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Gildersome Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leeds average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 59.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 374 |
| 2023/24 | 397 |
| 2024/25 | 380 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gildersome Primary School compares
Gildersome Primary School ranked 118th of 216 primary schools in Leeds for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 6% | 18.1% | 352 | — |
| Birchfield Primary School | 84% | 4% | 14.8% | 233 | 0.3 miles |
| Asquith Primary School | 40% | 7.5% | 16.2% | 324 | 0.8 miles |
| Morley Victoria Primary School | 78% | 3.5% | 12.6% | 470 | 1.1 miles |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School, Morley | 91% | 3.3% | 11.4% | 252 | 1.1 miles |
| Drighlington Primary School | 53% | 5.7% | 13.3% | 396 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report6 January 2026
- 13 January 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.08%
- English as an additional language
- 10%
- Overall absence
- 5.95%
- Persistent absence
- 16.61%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Birchfield Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Asquith Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Morley Victoria Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Morley1.1 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Drighlington Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Bradford
Other schools in Leeds
Gildersome Primary School ranks 94th of the 182 ranked primary schools in Leeds.
- Aberford Church of England Primary School Primary
- Adel Primary School Primary
- Adel St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School Primary
- Alder Tree Primary Academy Primary
- All Saint's Richmond Hill Church of England Primary School Primary
- Allerton CofE Primary School Primary
- Alwoodley Primary School Primary
- Armley Park Primary School Primary
- Asquith Primary School Primary
- Austhorpe Primary School Primary
- Bankside Primary School Primary
- Bardsey Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Gildersome Primary School teach?
- Gildersome Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Leeds.
- Who is the headteacher of Gildersome Primary School?
- The headteacher of Gildersome Primary School is Mrs Caroline Hoyle, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Gildersome Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gildersome Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Gildersome Primary School?
- Gildersome Primary School has 352 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Gildersome Primary School full?
- Gildersome Primary School has capacity for 446 pupils and 352 on roll (79%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Gildersome Primary School a faith school?
- No. Gildersome Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Gildersome Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Gildersome Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Gildersome Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gildersome Primary School rank locally?
- Gildersome Primary School ranked 118th of 216 primary schools in Leeds for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Gildersome Primary School's absence rate?
- Gildersome Primary School's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gildersome Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gildersome Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.