Carrwood Primary School
General Information
- Address: Eversley Drive, Holmewood, Bradford, BD4 0EQ – View on map
- Phone: 01274664864
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Nicola Malt
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 37 families put it first for 28 places – 13 for every 10 places. 76% of them were offered a place. 2 of the 28 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 10 · 2025 11 · 2026 13
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 148
- % eligible for free school meals: 64.3%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 19% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 28.5% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 58% moved to another school, 42% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 9.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 34.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Autism 12 places · 12 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 38 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 30% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 30 percentage points below the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 26% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 26%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 43% · Writing 50% · Maths 43% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 43%
- Average test scores: reading 99, maths 99
- Based on: 46 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: 155th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =152Oldfield Primary School33%
- =152Shirley Manor Primary School33%
- #155Carrwood Primary School30%
- #156Baildon Glen Primary School29%
- #157Fagley Primary School27%
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19th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #17Byron Primary SchoolGood
- #18Carlton MillsGood
- #19Carrwood Primary SchoolGood
- #20Cavendish Primary SchoolGood
- #21Christ Church Church of England AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,030 (2024-25)
6th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #4Ryecroft Primary Academy£9,179
- #5Co-op Academy Parkland£9,120
- #6Carrwood Primary School£9,030
- #7Knowleswood Primary School£8,788
- #8Shirley Manor Primary School£8,622
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