Cavendish Primary School
General Information
- Address: Hall Road, Eccleshill, Bradford, BD2 2DU – View on map
- Phone: 01274772175
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Nixon
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 45 families put it first for 58 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 221
- % eligible for free school meals: 51.3%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 17% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 23.8% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 40% moved to another school, 60% 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: 7.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 23.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 12 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2020 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 50% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points below the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 62% against an expected 53%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 62%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 62% · Writing 64% · Maths 55% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 59%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 101
- 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 120th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =116Shibden Head Primary Academy51%
- =116St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy51%
- =120Cavendish Primary School50%
- =120Horton Grange Primary School50%
- =120Peel Park Primary School and Nursery50%
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20th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #18Carlton MillsGood
- #19Carrwood Primary SchoolGood
- #20Cavendish Primary SchoolGood
- #21Christ Church Church of England AcademyGood
- #22Clayton Village AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,286 (2024-25)
41st of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #39Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School£7,327
- #40St Luke's CofE Primary School£7,300
- #41Cavendish Primary School£7,286
- #42Haworth Primary School£7,281
- #43Ley Top Primary School£7,254
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