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Carrwood Primary School

Primary · Bradford · BD4 0EQ

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 30 June 2026 · report published 7 September 2026

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At a glance

285 pupils · 61% of 471 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
64.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
18.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.carrwoodprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
149732

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 37 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 1.32 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.268 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2024 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 30 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.32 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 37 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 0.268 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.268 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
30%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
99
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
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 school30%
Median of its 12 closest peers58.5%
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
E-ACT Ilminster Avenue AcademyBristol · 167 miles awayRequires improvement38%
Lyndhurst Primary SchoolDukinfield · 26 miles awayExpected standard68%
Silver Birch Primary SchoolSunderland · 77 miles awayGood63%
Croxteth Community Primary SchoolLiverpool · 54 miles awayGood71%
Castle Hill Community Primary SchoolFolkestone · 222 miles awayGood54%
Athersley North Primary SchoolBarnsley · 16 miles awayNeeds attention49%
Delph Side Community Primary SchoolSkelmersdale · 47 miles awayGood73%
Burnley Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolBurnley · 22 miles awayGood45%
Morecambe Bay Community Primary SchoolMorecambe · 51 miles awayNeeds attention30%
Newlands Primary SchoolRamsgate · 213 miles awayGood70%
Beech Street Community Primary SchoolManchester · 34 miles awayExpected standard66%
West Street Community Primary SchoolColne · 20 miles awayRequires improvement52%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
12 of 12 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 64% (Bradford 37%, England 60%) · Any other White background 9% (Bradford 4%, England 7%) · Not recorded 6% (Bradford 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Bradford 36%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Bradford 2%, England 3%) · Black African 3% (Bradford 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Bradford 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Bradford 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Bradford 2%, England 4%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Bradford 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Bradford 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Bradford 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Bradford 0%, England 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)
8.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
28.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.22 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
22.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

68% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school · 18% left the state-funded sector

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, 11.8 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 £51,795; 15.4% 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£9,030
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 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£12,000; in-year balance -£7,000

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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 higher18.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications30.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work13.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways33.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier20.7%62.3%
Social housing54.2%17.1%
Privately rented24.7%20.5%
Detached houses4.5%22.9%
Flats35%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van54.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010612 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£140,000200 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£112,000–£175,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (28)£236,000
Semi-detached (100)£148,000
Terraced (61)£115,000
Flat (11)£66,500

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 (0.43 km, 2026 entry): 56 sales, median £151,000. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
12an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an 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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