Report card · inspected Jul 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Bradford
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 7 July 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 4 May 2022Graded inspection: 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 entry38 applications · 27 places offered · 24 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.4; Bradford median median 2.3
- 2025 2.0; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2024 2.2; Bradford median median 2.4
- 2023 2.4; Bradford median median 2.5
- 2022 1.3; Bradford median median 2.6
- 2021 1.9; Bradford median median 2.6
- 2020 1.8; Bradford median median 2.7
- 2019 1.6; Bradford median median 2.7
- 2018 1.8; Bradford median median 2.8
- 2017 2.3; Bradford median median 3.0
- 2016 2.6; Bradford median median 3.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Bradford median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; Bradford median median 3.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Bradford median
Dashed bars: as St James' Church Primary School (URN 107304), 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 | 27 | 38 | 1.4 | 24 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 29 | 59 | 2.0 | 40 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 66 | 2.2 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 72 | 2.4 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2022 | 36 | 47 | 1.3 | 29 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2021 | 31 | 58 | 1.9 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 32 | 58 | 1.8 | 29 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 | 31 | 50 | 1.6 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 35 | 63 | 1.8 | 29 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2017 | 28 | 65 | 2.3 | 26 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 29 | 76 | 2.6 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 57 | 92 | 1.6 | 49 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 * | 40 | 87 | 2.2 | 30 | 0.75 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 68% · Writing 66% · Maths 59% → all three 49% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Bradford median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 49% | 2% | 104 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 0% | 100 | 99 |
| 2022/23 | 45% | 5% | 103 | 101 |
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
- The Academy At St. JamesThis schoolThis school20261.4applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · Bradford20261.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · BradfordRequires significant improvement 20262.1applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · BradfordGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · BradfordGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · BradfordRemains Good20232.5applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · BradfordGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · BradfordRemains Good20242.2applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · BradfordNot yet inspected2.5applications per place 75%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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143847 · 380/2032
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 448 pupils · 310 on roll
- Free school meals
- 48.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2017
- Replaced
- St James' Church Primary School (URN 107304)
- Address
- Chelwood Drive, Allerton, Bradford, BD15 7YD
- Local authority
- Bradford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources