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St John's CofE Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 469Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 145220URN

Dawson Lane, Bierley, Bradford, BD4 6JF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
0.3 below Bradford median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bradford

117 applications for 59 places · 98th of 147 in Bradford
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
76%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 21 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

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
2.0applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Bradford median (2.3) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

117 applications · 59 places offered · 81 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.0; Bradford median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.3; Bradford median median 2.4
  3. 2024 1.8; Bradford median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.2; Bradford median median 2.5
  5. 2022 1.9; Bradford median median 2.6
  6. 2021 2.0; Bradford median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.4; Bradford median median 2.7
  8. 2019 2.5; Bradford median median 2.7
  9. 2018 2.4; Bradford median median 2.8
  10. 2017 2.9; Bradford median median 3.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 3.1; Bradford median median 3.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.6; Bradford median median 3.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.7; Bradford median median 3.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Bradford median in 0 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Bradford median

Dashed bars: as St John's CofE Primary School (URN 107315), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026591172.0811.37
Sep 2025571292.3741.30
Sep 2024581071.8510.88
Sep 202340892.2380.95
Sep 202252961.9490.94
Sep 2021561112.0510.91
Sep 2020601412.4731.22
Sep 2019601472.5791.32
Sep 2018601462.4791.32
Sep 2017 *601762.9771.28
Sep 2016 *611903.1881.44
Sep 2015 *602133.6781.30
Sep 2014 *602223.7841.40

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 77% · Maths 84% → all three 76% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard76%26th of 155 in Bradford
Reading
Expected standard83%
Higher standard25%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard77%
Greater depth19%
Maths
Expected standard84%
Higher standard29%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bradford median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2576%11%104106
2023/2468%19%106107
2022/2362%7%105103

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

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  • 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
145220 · 380/5208
Trust
Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
492 pupils · 469 on roll
Free school meals
33.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 November 2017
Replaced
St John's CofE Primary School (URN 107315)
Address
Dawson Lane, Bierley, Bradford, BD4 6JF
Local authority
Bradford

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