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Ley Top Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Avenel Road, Allerton, Bradford BD15 7PQ · leytopprimary.co.uk · 01274 541554
On the mapSearch near BD15 7PQ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 40%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bradford 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 338
- 80% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 47.8%
- First language not English
- 41.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 23 families put the school first and 23 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 17 | 16 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 44 | 36 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 50 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 40% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Bradford it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼40% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ley Top Primary School on 14 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Urgent improvement
- Achievement: Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Needs attention
- Early years: Needs attention
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 14 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Urgent improvement |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Needs attention |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Sept 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective May 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
59% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (27 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 59%
- Replies
- 27
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 52% who had a child bullied