New Bewerley Community School
Bismarck Drive, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 6TB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Juli Aldwinkle
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Leeds South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 350
- URN
- 121791
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01138878718
About this school
New Bewerley Community School is a community primary school in Leeds. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 350 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected New Bewerley Community School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected 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 | 60 | 59 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 32% | 36% | 39% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 40% | 58% | 58% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 51% | 56% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 40% | 58% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 98.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 99.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.30 | - | - |
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 New Bewerley Community 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 | 36% | 59.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 39% | 61.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 397 |
| 2023/24 | 401 |
| 2024/25 | 378 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How New Bewerley Community School compares
New Bewerley Community School ranked 203rd of 216 primary schools in Leeds for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% 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 | 39% | 5.4% | 47.4% | 350 | — |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 77% | 2.9% | 40.9% | 216 | 0.1 miles |
| Hunslet Moor Primary School | 44% | 6.9% | 45.7% | 426 | 0.2 miles |
| Beeston Hill St Luke's Church of England Primary School | 33% | 4.8% | 31.1% | 461 | 0.3 miles |
| Lane End Primary School | 47% | 6.2% | 40.9% | 404 | 0.3 miles |
| Greenmount Primary School | 50% | 5.9% | 40% | 483 | 0.3 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 report6 January 2026
- 20 September 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.35%
- English as an additional language
- 47.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.35%
- Persistent absence
- 16.71%
Location
Nearby schools
- 0.1 miles
-
Hunslet Moor Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Beeston Hill St Luke's Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Lane End Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Leeds
-
Greenmount Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Leeds
Other schools in Leeds
New Bewerley Community School ranks 171st 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 New Bewerley Community School teach?
- New Bewerley Community School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Leeds.
- Who is the headteacher of New Bewerley Community School?
- The headteacher of New Bewerley Community School is Mrs Juli Aldwinkle, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has New Bewerley Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected New Bewerley Community 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 New Bewerley Community School?
- New Bewerley Community School has 350 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is New Bewerley Community School full?
- New Bewerley Community School has capacity for 420 pupils and 350 on roll (83%), 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 New Bewerley Community School a faith school?
- No. New Bewerley Community School has no designated religious character.
- Does New Bewerley Community School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records New Bewerley Community School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does New Bewerley Community School have?
- The schools register lists New Bewerley Community School's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have New Bewerley Community 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 39% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does New Bewerley Community School compare with other schools in Leeds?
- New Bewerley Community School ranked 203rd of 216 primary schools in Leeds for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% 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 New Bewerley Community School's absence rate?
- New Bewerley Community School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are New Bewerley Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, New Bewerley Community 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 30 June 2026.