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Copthorne Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
All Saints' Road, Bradford BD7 3AY · copthorneacademy.co.uk · 01274 501460
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bradford 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.38 mi
- 0.62 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Bradford Council
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 517
- 94% of 548 places
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 31.6%
- First language not English
- 94.8%
- 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 0.38 mi (616 m) from the school. Source: Bradford Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 84 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 70% 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 | 60 | 84 | 1.4▲ | 70% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 68 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 89 | 1.5▲ | 66% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 94 | 1.6▲ | 61% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 93 | 1.6▲ | 60% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.38 mi0.62 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 19% 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 | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▲19% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107297)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Copthorne Primary School on 27 January 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 27 Jan 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Outstanding
Quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 23
- 4% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 61% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied