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Hill Top Primary Academy

3–11Ages
223Pupils
PrimaryPhase
142427URN

Batley Road, West Ardsley, Wakefield, WF3 1HD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.2per place

close to Leeds median (3.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Leeds

96 applications for 30 places · 93rd of 212 in Leeds

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

83%met the expected standard

Leeds 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 9 July 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

3.2applications per place, Reception

close to Leeds median (3.1) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

96 applications · 30 places offered · 25 named it first

2026 3.2; Leeds median median 3.1
2025 3.7; Leeds median median 3.2
2024 2.9; Leeds median median 3.3
2023 3.8; Leeds median median 3.3
2022 3.7; Leeds median median 3.3
2021 3.7; Leeds median median 3.1
2020 4.6; Leeds median median 2.9
2019 3.3; Leeds median median 2.7
2018 3.6; Leeds median median 2.7
2017 3.1; Leeds median median 2.9
2016 3.5; Leeds median median 2.7; as the previous school
2015 2.9; Leeds median median 2.3; as the previous school
2014 4.0; Leeds median median 2.5; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Leeds median in 9 of 10 years.

This school
Leeds median

Dashed bars: as Hill Top Primary School (URN 107823), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	30	96	3.2	25	0.83
Sep 2025	29	108	3.7	32	1.10
Sep 2024	30	87	2.9	29	0.97
Sep 2023	30	113	3.8	30	1.00
Sep 2022	29	107	3.7	28	0.97
Sep 2021	29	108	3.7	34	1.17
Sep 2020	30	137	4.6	34	1.13
Sep 2019	30	100	3.3	40	1.33
Sep 2018	27	98	3.6	27	1.00
Sep 2017	30	92	3.1	31	1.03
Sep 2016 *	30	104	3.5	37	1.23
Sep 2015 *	30	88	2.9	34	1.13
Sep 2014 *	25	100	4.0	23	0.92

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 87% · Writing 87% · Maths 83% → all three 83% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard83%21st of 210 in Leeds

Leeds 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard87%

Leeds 79% England 78%

Higher standard33%

Leeds 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard87%

Leeds 74% England 75%

Greater depth23%

Leeds 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard83%

Leeds 78% England 77%

Higher standard27%

Leeds 25% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Leeds median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	83%	20%	108	106
2023/24	73%	17%	105	105
2022/23	77%	20%	108	107

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Hill Top Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Good2024

3.2applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Westerton Primary Academy
0.9 km · Leeds

Good2023

2.3applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Blackgates Primary Academy
1.8 km · Leeds

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Lydgate Junior and Infant School
1.9 km · Kirklees

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School
2.0 km · Kirklees

2026

1.9applications per place
Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School
2.3 km · Kirklees

Good2022

3.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Gawthorpe Community Academy
2.5 km · Wakefield

Good2022

1.8applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate
2.6 km · Wakefield

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.0applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
2.8 km · Kirklees

Remains Good2024

73%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 142427 · 383/2292
Trust: Leodis Academies Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 223 on roll
Free school meals: 10.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 June 2016
Replaced: Hill Top Primary School (URN 107823)
Address: Batley Road, West Ardsley, Wakefield, WF3 1HD
Local authority: Leeds

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources