Margaret McMillan Primary School
Primary · Bradford · BD9 5DF
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 5 December 2019
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
553 pupils · 83% of 665 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 35.9% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 71% of pupils
- SEN support
- 20.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.2% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.mmps.bradford.sch.uk
- URN
- 143568
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.98 first-choice applications per place50 places offered · 49 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
87 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 14 January 2025: S5 Inspection
- 4 December 2019: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Carlton Mills
- St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
- Lilycroft Nursery School
- Lilycroft Primary School
- St Philip's CofE Primary School
- Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School
- Bradford Girls' Grammar School