Windmill Primary School
Windmill Road, Leeds, LS10 3HQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Mr Andy Gamble
- Federation
- The Windmill & Low Road Primary School Federation
- Constituency
- Leeds South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 394
- URN
- 107947
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01132712115
About this school
Windmill Primary School is a community primary school in Leeds. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 394 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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 | 62 | 65 | 54 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 84% | 78% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 3% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 80% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 83% | 85% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 86% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.70 | - | - |
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 Windmill 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 | 84% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 78% | 59.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 74% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 418 |
| 2023/24 | 406 |
| 2024/25 | 409 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Windmill Primary School compares
Windmill Primary School ranked 61st of 216 primary schools in Leeds for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74% | 7.4% | 53.3% | 394 | — |
| Hunslet Carr Primary School | 42% | 8.7% | 71.3% | 355 | 0.7 miles |
| Clapgate Primary School | 77% | 6.6% | 37.8% | 442 | 0.8 miles |
| Sharp Lane Primary School | 53% | 6.3% | 30.7% | 570 | 0.9 miles |
| Middleton St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 45% | 5.9% | 44.3% | 419 | 1.0 miles |
| St Philip's Catholic Primary School | 85% | 2.8% | 17.9% | 227 | 1.1 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)
- 53.3%
- English as an additional language
- 25.4%
- Overall absence
- 7.37%
- Persistent absence
- 28.02%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hunslet Carr Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Clapgate Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Sharp Lane Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Leeds
- 1.0 miles
-
St Philip's Catholic Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Leeds
Other schools in Leeds
Windmill Primary School ranks 51st 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 Windmill Primary School teach?
- Windmill Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Leeds.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Windmill Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Windmill Primary School is Mr Andy Gamble, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Windmill Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Windmill 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 Windmill Primary School?
- Windmill Primary School has 394 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Windmill Primary School full?
- Windmill Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 394 on roll (94%), 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 Windmill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Windmill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Windmill Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Windmill Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Windmill Primary School?
- Windmill Primary School is part of the The Windmill & Low Road Primary School Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Windmill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 84% in 2022/23 and 74% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Windmill Primary School rank locally?
- Windmill Primary School ranked 61st of 216 primary schools in Leeds for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Windmill Primary School's absence rate?
- Windmill Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Windmill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Windmill 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.