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Oxenhope CofE Primary School

Primary · Keighley · BD22 9LH

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 28 January 2025

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At a glance

185 pupils · 88% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
10.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.oxenhopeprimary.org.uk
URN
142946

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 30 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.03 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.624 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2024 to 2026. At its inspection on 28 January 2025 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 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.03 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 30 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 2.624 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.624 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
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 school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers70.5%
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
Belbroughton CofE Primary SchoolStourbridge · 99 miles awayGood (2015)74%
Kea Community Primary SchoolTruro · 280 miles awayGood57%
Purleigh Community Primary SchoolChelmsford · 183 miles awayGood74%
Walford Nursery & Primary SchoolRoss-on-Wye · 136 miles awayOutstanding84%
Cubert Primary SchoolNewquay · 272 miles awayRequires improvement65%
Aston All Saints CofE (A) Primary SchoolSheffield · 41 miles awayGood76%
Garswood Primary and Nursery SchoolWigan · 37 miles awayStrong standard70%
Inkberrow Primary SchoolWorcester · 110 miles awayOutstanding74%
Tiptree Heath Primary SchoolColchester · 178 miles awayNo current grade47%
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary SchoolNottingham · 64 miles awayGood71%
Hempnall Primary SchoolNorwich · 162 miles awayGood64%
Catmose PrimaryOakham · 94 miles awayGood50%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 94% (Bradford 37%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Bradford 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Bradford 36%, England 5%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Bradford 1%, England 0%) · 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)
3.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.56 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
22.6
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)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.2 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 £50,038; 22.2% 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£6,348
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £4,000; in-year balance +£65,000

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.3%62.3%
Social housing2.9%17.1%
Privately rented18.8%20.5%
Detached houses16.8%22.9%
Flats5.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010858 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£221,00086 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£158,000–£284,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£455,000
Semi-detached (17)£253,000
Terraced (49)£180,000
Flat (5)£170,000

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 (4.22 km, 2026 entry): 917 sales, median £200,000. 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
3a 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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