Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy
General Information
- Address: Hendford Drive, Pollard Park, Bradford, BD3 0QT – View on map
- Phone: 01274773003
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Ann Winter
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 83 families put it first for 58 places – 14 for every 10 places. 70% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 14 · 2024 11 · 2025 9 · 2026 14
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 184
- % eligible for free school meals: 40.6%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 91% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10.3% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 49% moved to another school, 51% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Bradford: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 17 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Bradford, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 60 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 23 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 92% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 15% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 32 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 82% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 82%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 93% · Writing 93% · Maths 93% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 91%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 108
- Based on: 85 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 1st of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- #1Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy92%
- =2Baildon Church of England Primary School90%
- =2Lift Feversham90%
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2nd of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #1Addingham Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #2Barkerend Primary Leadership AcademyOutstanding
- #3Burley Oaks Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #4Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,237 (2024-25)
118th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #116Silsden Primary School£6,302
- #117Wilsden Primary School£6,301
- #118Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy£6,237
- #119St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£6,237
- #120Thornton Primary School£6,228
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