Bankside Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F32
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Leeds, LS8 5AW
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Hillcrest Academy
Cowper Street, Leeds, LS7 4DR
Local ranking84th of 214 primary schools in Leeds
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 30 July 2026
Primary
Phase
428
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 63.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 6.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 54
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 452
- Boys
- 226 (50%)
- Girls
- 226 (50%)
- Capacity
- 428 (106% full)
- SEND
- 18.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.6%
- EAL
- 62.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.2%
- SEN Support
- 17.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,479/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Asian Pakistani: 28.8%
- Black African: 17.9%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 11.8%
- Asian Other: 7.6%
- White British: 5.1%
- White Other: 5.1%
- Black Caribbean: 4.2%
- Gypsy/Roma: 4.0%
28.8%
Asian Pakistani
17.9%
Black African
11.8%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Cowper Street
Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 140413
- UKPRN
- 10044191
- Establishment No.
- 2014
- Trust
- THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST
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