Hawksworth Wood Primary School
Cragside Walk, Leeds, LS5 3QE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Eleanore Pickard
- Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 341
- URN
- 107893
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01132583984
About this school
Hawksworth Wood Primary School is a community primary school in Leeds. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 341 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 49 | 49 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 43% | 41% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 2% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 61% | 48% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 59% | 52% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 59% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.10 | - | - |
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 Hawksworth Wood 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 | 49% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 59.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 41% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 332 |
| 2023/24 | 325 |
| 2024/25 | 315 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hawksworth Wood Primary School compares
Hawksworth Wood Primary School ranked 200th of 216 primary schools in Leeds for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41% | 6.6% | 47% | 341 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Horsforth | 63% | 2.6% | 5.2% | 210 | 0.9 miles |
| St Chad's Church of England Primary School | 60% | 4.2% | 10.6% | 244 | 0.9 miles |
| Broadgate Primary School | 63% | 5.5% | 23.3% | 421 | 0.9 miles |
| Horsforth Featherbank Primary School | 87% | 3% | 19.3% | 211 | 0.9 miles |
| Whitecote Primary School | 61% | 6.7% | 42% | 429 | 1.0 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.98%
- English as an additional language
- 25.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.56%
- Persistent absence
- 17.61%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Horsforth0.9 miles
Primary · Leeds
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St Chad's Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Broadgate Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Horsforth Featherbank Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Whitecote Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Leeds
Other schools in Leeds
Hawksworth Wood Primary School ranks 168th 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 Hawksworth Wood Primary School teach?
- Hawksworth Wood Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Leeds.
- Who is the headteacher of Hawksworth Wood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Hawksworth Wood Primary School is Miss Eleanore Pickard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hawksworth Wood Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hawksworth Wood 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 Hawksworth Wood Primary School?
- Hawksworth Wood Primary School has 341 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Hawksworth Wood Primary School full?
- Hawksworth Wood Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 341 on roll (108%), so it is at or above 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 Hawksworth Wood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Hawksworth Wood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hawksworth Wood Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Hawksworth Wood Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Hawksworth Wood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 49% in 2022/23 and 41% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hawksworth Wood Primary School rank locally?
- Hawksworth Wood Primary School ranked 200th of 216 primary schools in Leeds for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hawksworth Wood Primary School's absence rate?
- Hawksworth Wood Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hawksworth Wood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hawksworth Wood 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.