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Marshfield Primary
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Thornton Lane, Little Horton, Bradford BD5 9DS · marshfield-primary.co.uk · 01274 573295
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 80%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bradford 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.37 mi
- 2.20 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Bradford Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 442
- 14 over 428 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.8%
- First language not English
- 61.5%
- 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 1.37 mi (2.20 km) from the school. Source: Bradford Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 62 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 90% 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 | 62 | 1▲ | 90% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 86% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 45 | 26 | 0.6 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.37 mi2.20 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 80% 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 | |||
| ▲80% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107215)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Marshfield Primary on 4 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 4 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Nov 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107215), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2023Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Good
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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107215)
May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107215)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (37 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 37
- 8% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied