Bankfoot Primary School

BradfordCommunity school

Bolingbroke Street, Bankfoot, Bradford, BD5 9NR

Headteacher: Mr Tim ElcockSchool website ↗Pupils: 252 (capacity: 283)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected November 2024
Oversubscribed
84% of first-choice applicants offered a place
83%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected November 2024
84%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 26 November 2024Full report ↗

Not rated

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Quality of Teaching
Good
Behaviour in School
Good
Pupils' Wider Development
Good
School Leadership
Good

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
83.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
7.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 87%·Writing 83%·Maths 87%All three 83%
Reading
Expected87%
Exceeding30%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected83%
Exceeding7%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected87%
Exceeding43%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
27
How many families wanted this school first?
32
How many got their first choice?
27of 32 (84.4%)
How many applied in total?
83

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
30.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
47.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
3.0%
Boys and girls
54%girls·46%boys
136 girls, 116 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↑ Peaked at 87% (2017/18), currently 83%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1646.0%5.0%-1.9+2.9+1.6
2016/1775.0%13.0%+2.9+4.6+4.2
2017/1887.0%20.0%+2.3+1.0+4.5
2018/1974.0%16.0%-1.1-0.6+0.4
2022/2348.0%10.0%-3.9-1.6-6.0
2023/2471.0%0.0%---
2024/2583.0%7.0%---