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St Philip's CofE Primary School

Primary · Bradford · BD8 9JL

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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 7 June 2023

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At a glance

210 pupils · 89% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
42.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
94.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stphilipsceacademy.co.uk
URN
141098

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 19 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 1.684 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2024 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 7 June 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

19 places offered · 19 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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.684 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
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
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 school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers66.5%
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
Wolf Fields Primary SchoolSouthall · 170 miles awayExpected standard67%
Sir William Burrough Primary SchoolLondon · 174 miles awayGood74%
Gilnow Primary SchoolBolton · 31 miles awayExpected standard53%
Sunnyfields Primary SchoolLondon · 166 miles awayStrong standard80%
Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery SchoolBurton-upon-Trent · 69 miles awayRequires improvement53%
Horton Mill Community Primary SchoolOldham · 22 miles awayRequires improvement47%
Evergreen Primary AcademyBristol · 165 miles awayGood89%
Brownlow Fold Primary SchoolBolton · 31 miles awayExpected standard53%
St James CofE Primary SchoolEnfield · 165 miles awayGood63%
Blue Gate Fields Junior SchoolLondon · 174 miles awayGood76%
Ivybridge Primary SchoolIsleworth · 173 miles awayGood69%
St Joachim's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 176 miles awayExpected standard66%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 77% (Bradford 36%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Bradford 3%, England 3%) · Black African 4% (Bradford 3%, England 5%) · White Gypsy/Roma 4% (Bradford 1%, England 0%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Bradford 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Bradford 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Bradford 2%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Bradford 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Bradford 3%, England 2%) · 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)
7.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
28.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.44 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
20.9
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, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

18.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 12.5 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 £49,862; 16.7% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,848
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £54,000; in-year balance +£97,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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 higher13.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications40.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work7.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways40.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier49.2%62.3%
Social housing25.8%17.1%
Privately rented24.8%20.5%
Detached houses6.8%22.9%
Flats25.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms29.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van43.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010813 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£118,000268 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£84,500–£160,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£293,000
Semi-detached (51)£171,000
Terraced (186)£110,000
Flat (20)£48,500

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 (2.71 km, 2024 entry): 1,671 sales, median £132,000. 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
17an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
15an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
101an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
19an 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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