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Wellington Primary School

Primary · Bradford · BD2 3DE

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 23 November 2023

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At a glance

473 pupils · 113% of 420 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
28.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
36.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.wellingtonprimaryschool.co.uk/
URN
107230

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 67 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 1.14 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.418 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2024 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 23 November 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.14 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 67 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.418 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.418 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

57 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
61%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school61%
Median of its 12 closest peers69.5%
Bradford average61.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Newark Hill AcademyPeterborough · 105 miles awayGood73%
The Bewbush AcademyCrawley · 198 miles awayGood64%
The Leys Primary SchoolDagenham · 176 miles awayGood70%
Harris Primary Academy Haling ParkCroydon · 183 miles awayOutstanding79%
Wrotham Road Primary SchoolGravesend · 186 miles awayGood73%
St Margaret's CEVAP School, IpswichIpswich · 171 miles awayGood63%
Scientia AcademyBurton-upon-Trent · 69 miles awayNo current grade48%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolSouthampton · 202 miles awayNo current grade82%
Kingsley Primary SchoolNorthampton · 113 miles awayGood51%
Anns Grove Primary SchoolSheffield · 33 miles awayGood69%
St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery SchoolThornton Heath · 180 miles awayOutstanding71%
Thoresby Primary SchoolKingston upon Hull, City of · 56 miles awayOutstanding65%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 58% (Bradford 36%, England 5%) · White British 21% (Bradford 37%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Bradford 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Bradford 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Bradford 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Bradford 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Bradford 2%, England 4%) · Not recorded 1% (Bradford 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Bradford 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Bradford 2%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Bradford 3%, England 5%) · Any other White background 1% (Bradford 4%, England 7%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.27 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bradford: 2.65 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

82.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £43,711; 13% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,529
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £62,557; in-year balance -£18,354

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher22.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work24.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier68.5%62.3%
Social housing4.3%17.1%
Privately rented27.2%20.5%
Detached houses6.9%22.9%
Flats8.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van26.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010601 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£164,000683 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£125,000–£205,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (48)£255,000
Semi-detached (353)£187,000
Terraced (248)£131,500
Flat (34)£67,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.67 km, 2026 entry): 354 sales, median £164,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
50an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
11an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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