Cottingley Primary Academy

State-Funded School

cottingley-primary-academy-leeds-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

LeedsLocal Authority

Leeds SouthConstituency

LS11 0HUPostcode

8.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Cottingley Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 242 pupils. Cottingley Primary Academy is part of LIFT SCHOOLS.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 79%
Higher standard: 15%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

45%

Asian

10%

Black

32%

Mixed

10%

Any other group

Pupils

242

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

48%

England average

27%

First language not English

43%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 242
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: LIFT SCHOOLS

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 12 June 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
27 Mar 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.