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Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School

Primary · Bradford · BD9 4DA

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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 12 July 2023

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At a glance

382 pupils · 91% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
17% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
94.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.hstb.co.uk
URN
107321

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 46 families named it first for 47 Reception places, 0.98 first choices per place. We hold 3 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 12 July 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

47 places offered · 46 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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers65%
Bradford average61.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Wood End Primary SchoolNortholt · 168 miles awayRequires improvement56%
Durdans Park Primary SchoolSouthall · 169 miles awayGood83%
Catherine Junior SchoolLeicester · 85 miles awayGood43%
Mellor Community Primary SchoolLEICESTER · 85 miles awayGood59%
Rushey Mead Primary SchoolLeicester · 85 miles awayGood46%
Khalsa Primary SchoolSouthall · 171 miles awayGood77%
Hazel Community Primary SchoolLeicester · 87 miles awayStrong standard65%
Mayflower Primary SchoolLeicester · 87 miles awayRequires improvement60%
The Rosary Catholic Primary SchoolHounslow · 172 miles awayGood85%
Evington Valley Primary SchoolLeicester · 87 miles awayGood77%
St Joseph's Catholic Junior SchoolWembley · 169 miles awayGood91%
Vicar's Green Primary SchoolWembley · 169 miles awayOutstanding65%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 81% (Bradford 36%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Bradford 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Bradford 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bradford 3%, England 2%) · White British 2% (Bradford 37%, England 60%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Bradford 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Bradford 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Bradford 1%, England 1%) · 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)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.25 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
21.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school

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)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.9 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 £52,527; 26.3% 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£6,335
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £22,833; in-year balance +£39,141

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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 higher35.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier69.3%62.3%
Social housing11.7%17.1%
Privately rented19%20.5%
Detached houses30.6%22.9%
Flats11.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms52.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van19.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010675 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£177,500180 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£119,500–£260,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (26)£337,500
Semi-detached (65)£220,000
Terraced (82)£128,500
Flat (7)£78,000

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

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
16an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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