Cobden Primary School
Cobden Road, Farnley, Leeds, LS12 5LA
This school is open but due to close.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Stefan Kaczmarek
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Leeds South West and Morley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 175
- URN
- 107963
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01132798079
About this school
Cobden Primary School is a community primary school in Leeds. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 175 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Cobden Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 31 | 29 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 32% | 41% | 37% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 48% | 59% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 52% | 59% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 48% | 52% | 48% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.20 | - | - |
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 Cobden 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 | 32% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 59.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 37% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 233 |
| 2023/24 | 216 |
| 2024/25 | 208 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cobden Primary School compares
Cobden Primary School ranked 207th of 216 primary schools in Leeds for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37% | 10.1% | 60.9% | 175 | — |
| Lawns Park Primary School | 40% | 6.5% | 34.1% | 233 | 0.5 miles |
| Lower Wortley Primary School | 55% | 5.4% | 16.9% | 331 | 0.5 miles |
| Ryecroft Academy | 49% | 5.5% | 46.9% | 350 | 0.7 miles |
| Whingate Primary School | 50% | 6.1% | 40.7% | 464 | 0.8 miles |
| Five Lanes Primary School | 35% | 4.4% | 22% | 450 | 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)
- 60.87%
- English as an additional language
- 13.5%
- Overall absence
- 10.14%
- Persistent absence
- 35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lawns Park Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Lower Wortley Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Ryecroft Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Whingate Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Five Lanes Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Leeds
Other schools in Leeds
Cobden Primary School ranks 175th 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 ages does Cobden Primary School teach?
- Cobden Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Leeds.
- Who is the headteacher of Cobden Primary School?
- The headteacher of Cobden Primary School is Mr Stefan Kaczmarek, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cobden Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cobden 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 many pupils are at Cobden Primary School?
- Cobden Primary School has 175 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Cobden Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cobden Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cobden Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Cobden Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Cobden Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 32% in 2022/23 and 37% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cobden Primary School compare with other schools in Leeds?
- Cobden Primary School ranked 207th of 216 primary schools in Leeds for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cobden Primary School's absence rate?
- Cobden Primary School's overall absence rate is 10.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cobden Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cobden 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.