Brackenhill Primary School
General Information
- Address: Dracup Road, Great Horton, Bradford, BD7 4HA – View on map
- Phone: 01274578286
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Nair Ishtiaq
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 56 families put it first for 59 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 59 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 135
- % eligible for free school meals: 33.2%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (similar to the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 88% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.9% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 45% moved to another school, 55% 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: 14.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 46 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 21 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 79% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 19 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 77% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 77%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 84% · Writing 84% · Maths 84% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 107
- Based on: 58 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: joint 17th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =12St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy80%
- =12Thackley Primary School80%
- =17Brackenhill Primary School79%
- =17Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary School79%
- =17Farfield Primary and Nursery School79%
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16th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #14Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & NurseryGood
- #15Blakehill Primary SchoolGood
- #16Brackenhill Primary SchoolGood
- #17Byron Primary SchoolGood
- #18Carlton MillsGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,671 (2024-25)
69th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #67Stocks Lane Primary School£6,704
- #68Newhall Park Primary School£6,675
- #69Brackenhill Primary School£6,671
- #70Newby Primary School£6,671
- #71St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£6,661
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