Lowtown Primary School
Kent Road, Pudsey, LS28 9BB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Clare Armitage
- Constituency
- Leeds West and Pudsey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 208
- URN
- 107862
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01132567303
About this school
Lowtown Primary School is a community primary school in Pudsey. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 208 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 2 March 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 70% | 86% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 20% | 10% | 21% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 90% | 97% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 90% | 100% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 90% | 97% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 109.0 | 112.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 109.0 | 111.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.80 | - | - |
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 Lowtown 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 | 77% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 59.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 86% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 208 |
| 2023/24 | 207 |
| 2024/25 | 208 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lowtown Primary School compares
Lowtown Primary School ranked 14th of 216 primary schools in Leeds for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 86% | 3.8% | 15.4% | 208 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 73% | 4.4% | 9.8% | 297 | 0.3 miles |
| Swinnow Primary School | 61% | 5.8% | 38% | 231 | 0.3 miles |
| Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School | 83% | 4% | 12.1% | 470 | 0.6 miles |
| Greenside Primary School | 62% | 4% | 14.1% | 274 | 0.7 miles |
| Park Spring Primary School | 48% | 6.3% | 35.7% | 355 | 0.7 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.38%
- English as an additional language
- 2.4%
- Overall absence
- 3.79%
- Persistent absence
- 6.15%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Pudsey
-
Swinnow Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Pudsey
-
Greenside Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Pudsey
-
Park Spring Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Leeds
Other schools in Pudsey
Lowtown Primary School ranks 1st of the 10 ranked primary schools in Pudsey.
- Calverley Parkside Primary School Primary
- Farsley Farfield Primary School Primary
- Farsley Springbank Primary School Primary
- Greenside Primary School Primary
- Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School Primary
- Pudsey Waterloo Primary Primary
- Southroyd Primary and Nursery School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- Stanningley Primary School Primary
- Co-op Academy Priesthorpe Secondary
- Crawshaw Academy Secondary
- Pudsey Grammar School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lowtown Primary School teach?
- Lowtown Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Pudsey.
- Who is the headteacher of Lowtown Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lowtown Primary School is Mrs Clare Armitage, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lowtown Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lowtown 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 Lowtown Primary School?
- Lowtown Primary School has 208 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Lowtown Primary School full?
- Lowtown Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 208 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lowtown Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lowtown Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lowtown Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Lowtown Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Lowtown Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 77% in 2022/23 and 86% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lowtown Primary School rank locally?
- Lowtown Primary School ranked 14th of 216 primary schools in Leeds for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lowtown Primary School's absence rate?
- Lowtown Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lowtown Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lowtown 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.