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Oldfield Primary School

Primary · Keighley · BD22 0HZ

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 7 March 2023

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At a glance

67 pupils · 99% of 68 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
10.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.oldfieldprimarykeighley.co.uk
URN
147150

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 6 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 3 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 7 March 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. 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

1.00 first-choice applications per place

6 places offered · 6 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

20/21
21/22
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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
33%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
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 school33%
Median of its 12 closest peers50%
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
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, CromhallWotton-under-Edge · 155 miles awayNeeds attention29%
Langtree Community School and Nursery UnitTorrington · 222 miles awayGood67%
Canon Pyon CofE AcademyHereford · 122 miles awayGood50%
Garboldisham Church of England Primary AcademyDiss · 157 miles awayGood58%
Newbrough Church of England Primary SchoolHexham · 81 miles awayExpected standard50%
Kilmington Primary SchoolAxminster · 216 miles awayRequires improvement38%
Malvern Wells CofE Primary SchoolMalvern Wells · 123 miles awayGood50%
Allington with Sedgebrook Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham · 80 miles awayGood43%
Waddingham Primary SchoolGainsborough · 66 miles awayGood56%
Sandringham and West Newton Church of England Primary AcademyKing's Lynn · 125 miles awayGood70%
St Bridget's CofE SchoolCockermouth · 81 miles awayGood47%
Lockerley Church of England Endowed Primary SchoolRomsey · 194 miles awayExpected standard80%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 97% (Bradford 37%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Bradford 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Bradford 1%, England 2%)

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)
19.6%
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
13.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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)

100% of teachers took sickness absence, 13.4 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 £49,178; 20% 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£10,016
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £7,000; in-year balance -£43,000

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier73.3%62.3%
Social housing7.5%17.1%
Privately rented19.1%20.5%
Detached houses26%22.9%
Flats12.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010855 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£306,00012 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£199,000–£366,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£372,500
Terraced (5)£195,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a 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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