SchoolFacts.uk

Bankfoot Primary School

Primary · Bradford · BD5 9NR

Data updated

⇄ Compare with another school
Good

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

We show the lowest of the four areas Ofsted did judge, listed below. Why some schools have no overall grade →

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 26 November 2024

Read the Ofsted report ↗

At a glance

247 pupils · 87% of 283 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
24.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
83.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.bankfootprimary.co.uk
URN
107248

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.243 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2024 to 2026. At its inspection on 26 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 29 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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. The distance published for 2026 entry is not shown here.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The distance published for 2026 entry is not shown here.

It is far outside anything this school's other years or comparable schools show, so it would not tell you how close you need to live.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.243 miles

measured in a straight line.

Would you have got in? Check your postcode

One free check a month, no account needed: your postcode against this school's cutoff history. Premium adds unlimited checks, the nearby schools you would be inside, and the address check across every school at once.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

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
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers65%
Bradford average61.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolTilbury · 183 miles awayGood70%
Kenmore Park Junior SchoolHarrow · 163 miles awayGood60%
Old Palace Primary SchoolLondon · 172 miles awayGood75%
Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School ManchesterManchester · 29 miles awayOutstanding73%
Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolWakefield · 13 miles awayGood57%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolDagenham · 173 miles awayGood67%
Sandfield Close Primary SchoolLeicester · 81 miles awayGood64%
The Annunciation RC Junior SchoolEdgware · 162 miles awayOutstanding71%
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary AcademyDerby · 60 miles awayGood59%
Miriam Lord Primary SchoolBradford · 2 miles awayExpected standard65%
Highfields Primary SchoolLeicester · 83 miles awayGood65%
St Silas's CofE Primary SchoolBlackburn · 30 miles awayGood59%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 84% (Bradford 36%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 3% (Bradford 2%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Bradford 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Bradford 2%, England 3%) · White British 2% (Bradford 37%, England 60%) · Not recorded 2% (Bradford 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Bradford 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Bradford 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 1% (Bradford 4%, England 7%) · other groups together 1%

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)
5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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

Suspensions and exclusions, last three years Premium

Premium shows the same figures for each of the last three years.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

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
22.8
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)

25% of teachers took sickness absence, 4 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 £50,608; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

Vacancies, sickness and pay, last three years Premium

Premium shows the same figures for each of the last three years.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

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

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,586
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 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £102,166; in-year balance +£16,853

Spending and reserves, last three years Premium

Premium shows the same figures for each of the last three years.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher18.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications33.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work12.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways32.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier62.3%62.3%
Social housing7.3%17.1%
Privately rented30.4%20.5%
Detached houses3.4%22.9%
Flats1.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms37.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van31.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010744 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£125,000464 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£97,000–£160,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£200,000
Semi-detached (133)£162,000
Terraced (305)£115,000
Flat (11)£79,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.39 km, 2025 entry): 77 sales, median £123,000. 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
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
14an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
83an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
17an 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

Nearby schools