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Keelham Primary School

Primary · Bradford · BD13 4HH

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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 13 January 2023

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At a glance

111 pupils · 94% of 118 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.keelhamprimary.co.uk/
URN
107438

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.33 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.531 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2024 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 13 January 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.33 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 20 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 1.531 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.531 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school81%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
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
Lyng Church of England Primary AcademyNorwich · 142 miles awayExpected standard81%
Moretonhampstead Primary SchoolNewton Abbot · 230 miles awayGood41%
The Middle Rasen Primary SchoolMarket Rasen · 68 miles awayGood62%
Cotgrave Church of England Primary SchoolNottingham · 70 miles awayNeeds attention67%
Sharpness Primary SchoolBerkeley · 145 miles awayNeeds attention60%
Slip End Village SchoolLuton · 147 miles awayGood75%
Matching Green Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolHarlow · 165 miles awayGood58%
Woolsery Primary SchoolBideford · 222 miles awayGood38%
Nanstallon Community Primary SchoolBodmin · 260 miles awayNeeds attention60%
Anson CofE Primary SchoolStafford · 68 miles awayGood73%
Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolTrowbridge · 170 miles awayExpected standard55%
Dunbury Church of England AcademyWinterborne Whitechurch · 207 miles awayGood45%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 83% (Bradford 37%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 6% (Bradford 36%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Bradford 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Bradford 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bradford 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Bradford 2%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Bradford 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Bradford 0%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Bradford 1%, England 1%) · 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)
5.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.9%
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

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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
21.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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, 2.7 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 £55,536; 40% 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£8,526
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £32,774; in-year balance -£42,665

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health47%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74.5%62.3%
Social housing3.6%17.1%
Privately rented21.9%20.5%
Detached houses16.6%22.9%
Flats7.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van16%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010795 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£250,00081 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£190,000–£300,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (25)£290,000
Semi-detached (42)£230,000
Terraced (14)£147,500

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.46 km, 2026 entry): 400 sales, median £195,000. 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
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
3a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
8a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

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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