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Bankfoot Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Bolingbroke Street, Bankfoot, Bradford BD5 9NR · bankfootprimary.co.uk · 01274 732068
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 83%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bradford 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 2.50 mi
- 4.02 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Bradford Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 247
- 87% of 283 places
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 24.3%
- First language not English
- 91.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 2.50 mi (4.02 km) from the school. Source: Bradford Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 29 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 27 | 32 | 1.2▲ | 84% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 42 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 40 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 56 | 1.9▲ | 52% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.50 mi4.02 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% 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 | |||
| ▲83% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Bankfoot Primary School on 26 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 23
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied