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St William's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Young Street, Bradford BD8 9RG · stwilliamsbcw.greenhousecms.co.uk · 01274 545743
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- 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
- 117
- 56% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 32.5%
- First language not English
- 57.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 3 families put the school first and 3 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 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 17 | 16 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 13 | 11 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% 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 | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107330)
Ofsted
St William's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 18 Oct 2023
- 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: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107330), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107330)
Before September 2019
- Sept 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
Jul 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107330)
Jun 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107330)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (17 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 17
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 59% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied