Hunslet Carr Primary School
Woodhouse Hill Road, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 2DN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Martin Lumb
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Leeds South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 355
- URN
- 107950
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01132713804
About this school
Hunslet Carr Primary School is a community primary school in Leeds. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 355 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
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- 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 | 57 | 58 | 53 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 50% | 42% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 57% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 60% | 62% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 60% | 58% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.50 | - | - |
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 Hunslet Carr 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 | 56% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 59.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 42% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 398 |
| 2023/24 | 406 |
| 2024/25 | 380 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hunslet Carr Primary School compares
Hunslet Carr Primary School ranked 196th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42% | 8.7% | 71.3% | 355 | — |
| St Marys Church of England Primary Academy | 38% | 9.9% | 39.3% | 199 | 0.4 miles |
| Low Road Primary School | 86% | 6.3% | 25.5% | 183 | 0.5 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet | 79% | 4.1% | 26.2% | 202 | 0.7 miles |
| Hunslet Moor Primary School | 44% | 6.9% | 45.7% | 426 | 0.7 miles |
| Windmill Primary School | 74% | 7.4% | 53.3% | 394 | 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 report2 June 2026
- 23 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 71.3%
- English as an additional language
- 27.6%
- Overall absence
- 8.71%
- Persistent absence
- 21.84%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Marys Church of England Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Low Road Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet0.7 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Hunslet Moor Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Windmill Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Leeds
Other schools in Leeds
Hunslet Carr Primary School ranks 164th of the 180 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 Hunslet Carr Primary School teach?
- Hunslet Carr Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Leeds.
- Who is the headteacher of Hunslet Carr Primary School?
- The headteacher of Hunslet Carr Primary School is Mr Martin Lumb, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hunslet Carr Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hunslet Carr 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 Hunslet Carr Primary School?
- Hunslet Carr Primary School has 355 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Hunslet Carr Primary School full?
- Hunslet Carr Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 355 on roll (85%), 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 Hunslet Carr Primary School a faith school?
- No. Hunslet Carr Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hunslet Carr Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Hunslet Carr Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Hunslet Carr Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 42% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hunslet Carr Primary School rank locally?
- Hunslet Carr Primary School ranked 196th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hunslet Carr Primary School's absence rate?
- Hunslet Carr Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hunslet Carr Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hunslet Carr 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 13 August 2026.