Burley Oaks Primary School
General Information
- Address: Langford Lane, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Ilkley, LS29 7EJ – View on map
- Phone: 01943862642
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Emma Learmonth
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 71 families put it first for 60 places – 12 for every 10 places. 85% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 10 · 2025 11 · 2026 12
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 28
- % eligible for free school meals: 7.1%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 27% moved to another school, 73% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 2 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: 2.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 2.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 8.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 12 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 80% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 20% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 20 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 75% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 75%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 95% · Writing 85% · Maths 89% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 107
- Based on: 66 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 12th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =10Beckfoot Heaton Primary81%
- =10Keelham Primary School81%
- =12Burley Oaks Primary School80%
- =12Hollingwood Academy80%
- =12Marshfield Primary80%
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3rd 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
- #5Dixons Marchbank PrimaryOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,355 (2024-25)
110th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #108Frizinghall Primary School£6,378
- #109Lower Fields Primary Academy£6,367
- #110Burley Oaks Primary School£6,355
- #111Dixons Marchbank Primary£6,354
- #112Oxenhope CofE Primary School£6,348
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