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Stocks Lane Primary School

Primary · Bradford · BD13 2RH

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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 1 May 2024

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At a glance

207 pupils · 99% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
12.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stockslaneprimary.co.uk
URN
107237

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 34 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.13 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.916 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2024 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 1 May 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.13 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 34 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 0.916 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.916 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers73%
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
Latton Green Primary AcademyHarlow · 161 miles awayGood76%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary AcademyBatley · 7 miles awayGood71%
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 177 miles awayOutstanding73%
Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary SchoolFolkestone · 223 miles awayGood73%
Hollins Grundy Primary SchoolBury · 23 miles awayGood70%
Springhead Primary SchoolHull · 57 miles awayGood86%
Leigh St John's CofE PrimaryLeigh · 34 miles awayOutstanding (2019)67%
Forty Hill CofE Primary SchoolEnfield · 163 miles awayExpected standard71%
St. Peter's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyStalybridge · 22 miles awayGood76%
Leyland St James Church of England Primary SchoolLeyland · 38 miles awayGood74%
Huish Episcopi Primary SchoolLangport · 193 miles awayGood93%
Elsecar Holy Trinity CofE Primary AcademyBarnsley · 25 miles awayGood68%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 70% (Bradford 37%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 12% (Bradford 36%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 5% (Bradford 2%, England 4%) · Black African 2% (Bradford 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bradford 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Bradford 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Bradford 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Bradford 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Bradford 0%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Bradford 4%, England 7%) · other groups together 2%

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)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.98 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · 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
22.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

22.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.5 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 £52,822; 20% 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£6,824
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £32,657; in-year balance +£9,834

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work28.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health47%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier57.8%62.3%
Social housing5.6%17.1%
Privately rented36.6%20.5%
Detached houses18.8%22.9%
Flats10.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms21.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van25.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010752 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£182,000261 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£145,000–£228,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (43)£300,000
Semi-detached (112)£186,000
Terraced (81)£172,500
Flat (25)£87,000

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 (1.47 km, 2026 entry): 688 sales, median £176,500. 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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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