Lower Wortley Primary School
Lower Wortley Road, Leeds, LS12 4PX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jayne Geldard
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Leeds South West and Morley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 331
- URN
- 107972
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01133230152
About this school
Lower Wortley Primary School is a community primary school in Leeds. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 331 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. 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 44 | 44 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 68% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 5% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 80% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 73% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 82% | 82% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +4.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.70 | - | - |
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 Lower Wortley 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 | 61% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 59.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 327 |
| 2023/24 | 331 |
| 2024/25 | 340 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lower Wortley Primary School compares
Lower Wortley Primary School ranked 151st of 216 primary schools in Leeds for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55% | 5.4% | 16.9% | 331 | — |
| Five Lanes Primary School | 35% | 4.4% | 22% | 450 | 0.6 miles |
| Whingate Primary School | 50% | 6.1% | 40.7% | 464 | 0.7 miles |
| St Bartholomew's CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 53% | 5.3% | 41.7% | 497 | 0.8 miles |
| Lawns Park Primary School | 40% | 6.5% | 34.1% | 233 | 0.9 miles |
| Ryecroft Academy | 49% | 5.5% | 46.9% | 350 | 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)
- 16.94%
- English as an additional language
- 12.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.35%
- Persistent absence
- 12.68%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Five Lanes Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Whingate Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
St Bartholomew's CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Lawns Park Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Ryecroft Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Leeds
Other schools in Leeds
Lower Wortley Primary School ranks 123rd 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 Lower Wortley Primary School teach?
- Lower Wortley Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Leeds.
- Who is the headteacher of Lower Wortley Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lower Wortley Primary School is Mrs Jayne Geldard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lower Wortley Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lower Wortley 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 Lower Wortley Primary School?
- Lower Wortley Primary School has 331 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Lower Wortley Primary School full?
- Lower Wortley Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 331 on roll (105%), 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 Lower Wortley Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lower Wortley Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lower Wortley Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Lower Wortley Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Lower Wortley Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lower Wortley Primary School rank locally?
- Lower Wortley Primary School ranked 151st of 216 primary schools in Leeds for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lower Wortley Primary School's absence rate?
- Lower Wortley Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lower Wortley Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lower Wortley 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.