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Meadow Bank Community School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Fearnville Drive, Bradford BD4 8DX · meadowbankcommunityschool.org.uk · 01274 664661
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 37%
- 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
- 286
- 68% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 58.3%
- First language not English
- 33.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 21 families put the school first and 24 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 | 24 | 21 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 25 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 37% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Bradford it was 60%, and across England 62%.
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | ▼37% | 62% |
| Higher standard | ▼0% | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | ▼99 | 106 |
| Maths | ▼100 | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | ▼98 | 105 |
Ofsted
Meadow Bank Community School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 13 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 13 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 146435)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Inadequate |