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Lapage Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Barkerend Road, Bradford BD3 8QX · lapageprimary.org.uk · 01274 669100
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 53%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bradford 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 634
- 4 over 630 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 40.2%
- First language not English
- 93.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 49 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 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 61 | 59 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 64 | 50 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 79 | 77 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 79 | 70 | 0.9 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% 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 | |||
| ▼53% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107211)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 June 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Lapage Primary School and Nursery was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 3 Jun 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Apr 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (25 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 25
- 4% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 52% who had a child bullied