Wykebeck Primary School
Brander Street, Gipton, Leeds, LS9 6QH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Acting Headteacher
- Miss Vivien Watson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Leeds East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 388
- URN
- 107933
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01132491525
About this school
Wykebeck Primary School is a community primary school in Leeds. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 388 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 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
- 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 | 56 | 58 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | 52% | 31% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 55% | 62% | 44% |
| Expected standard in maths | 61% | 59% | 44% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 52% | 38% | 39% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 | 97.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.90 | - | - |
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 Wykebeck 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 | 46% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 59.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 31% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 378 |
| 2023/24 | 408 |
| 2024/25 | 413 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wykebeck Primary School compares
Wykebeck Primary School ranked 212th of 216 primary schools in Leeds for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 31% | 8.2% | 55.5% | 388 | — |
| St Nicholas Catholic Primary School | 64% | 3.3% | 23.7% | 313 | 0.4 miles |
| Co-op Academy Oakwood | 68% | 6.5% | 51.4% | 441 | 0.5 miles |
| Victoria Primary Academy | 57% | 7% | 54.1% | 363 | 0.6 miles |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School | 93% | 3.6% | 36.7% | 259 | 0.7 miles |
| Co-op Academy Woodlands | 55% | 8.4% | 78.3% | 406 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report31 March 2026
- 9 December 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 55.49%
- English as an additional language
- 37.5%
- Overall absence
- 8.15%
- Persistent absence
- 28.49%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Nicholas Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Co-op Academy Oakwood0.5 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Victoria Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Co-op Academy Woodlands0.7 miles
Primary · Leeds
Other schools in Leeds
Wykebeck Primary School ranks 179th 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 Wykebeck Primary School teach?
- Wykebeck Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Leeds.
- Who is the acting headteacher of Wykebeck Primary School?
- The acting headteacher of Wykebeck Primary School is Miss Vivien Watson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wykebeck Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wykebeck 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 Wykebeck Primary School?
- Wykebeck Primary School has 388 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Wykebeck Primary School full?
- Wykebeck Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 388 on roll (92%), 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 Wykebeck Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wykebeck Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wykebeck Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wykebeck Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Wykebeck Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 46% in 2022/23 and 31% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wykebeck Primary School rank locally?
- Wykebeck Primary School ranked 212th of 216 primary schools in Leeds for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wykebeck Primary School's absence rate?
- Wykebeck Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wykebeck Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wykebeck 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.