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Lilycroft Primary School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy

Lilycroft Road, Manningham, Bradford BD9 5AD · lilycroftprimaryschool.co.uk · 01274 543357

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
Key stage 2, 2024/25
70%
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
367
87% of 420 places
Local authority
Bradford
Nursery class
No
Free school meals
38.7%
First language not English
70.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Priestley Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, 50 families put the school first and 50 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 49 (Places 53)49September 2023: 54 (Places 55)54September 2024: 69 (Places 60)69September 2025: 44 (Places 45)44September 2026: 50 (Places 50)50Places 50
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202650501100%
September 2025Sept 202545441100%
September 2024Sept 202460691.2▲87%
September 2023Sept 20235554198%
September 2022Sept 202253490.9100%

Results

In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Bradford it was 60%, and across England 62%.

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 35% (England 53%)35%2016/17: 63% (England 61%)63%2017/18: 69% (England 64%)69%2018/19: 63% (England 65%)63%2022/23: 42% (England 60%)42%2023/24: 68% (England 61%)68%2024/25: 70% (England 62%)70%England 62%
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
Reading, writing and maths
▲70%62%
▲11%8%
Average scaled score
●105106
●103105
●106105

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107213)

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Lilycroft Primary School on 5 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
5 Nov 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsGood

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Oct 2009Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Early yearsGood

What parents said

50% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (14 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
50%
Replies
14
4% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼78% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼72% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼71% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼35% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼58% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼50% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼43% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼57% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼43% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼35% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼24% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 86% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼12% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 57% who had a child bullied

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