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Drighlington Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Moorland Road, Drighlington, Bradford BD11 1JY · drighlingtonprimary.co.uk · 0113 285 3000
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 53%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Leeds 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Leeds Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 396
- 80% of 498 places
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 10.4%
- First language not English
- 6.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Leeds Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 52 families put the school first and 54 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 | 54 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 50 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 68 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 47 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Leeds it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼53% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Drighlington Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 12 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 12 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Good
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 Feb 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
57% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (90 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 57%
- Replies
- 90
- 21% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 29 parents (32%) with SEND