Primary school in Leeds
Hovingham Primary School
Hovingham Avenue, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 3QY
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 27 February 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 669
- Places
- 764
- How full
- 88% full — 669 of 764 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 322 / 347
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Leeds 047C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 19%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 34%
- Households owning their home
- 38%
- Households in social housing
- 44%
- Households with no car
- 41%
- Adults economically inactive
- 46%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- OWLCOTES MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Kellie Halliday
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Ward
- Gipton & Harehills
- Constituency
- Leeds East
- URN
- 151945
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 72% | 0.2 mi |
| Co-op Academy WoodlandsAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 55% | 0.3 mi |
| Harehills Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 52% | 0.3 mi |
| Co-op Academy OakwoodAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 68% | 0.5 mi |
| Bankside Primary SchoolFoundation school | No grade | 31% | 0.5 mi |
| Co-op Academy NightingaleAcademy sponsor led | Good 2022 | 43% | 0.6 mi |
| Hillcrest AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 63% | 0.7 mi |
| Bracken Edge Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 54% | 0.8 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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