Co-op Academy Penny Oaks
General Information
- Address: Upper Nidd Street, Leeds Road, Bradford, BD3 9ND – View on map
- Phone: 01274773977
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Michelle Khambhaita
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 16 families put it first for 20 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 8 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 65
- % eligible for free school meals: 38.7%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 79% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.5% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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: 3.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 55% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points below the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 54% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 79% · Writing 66% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 76%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 105
- Based on: 29 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 102nd of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =95Stocks Lane Primary School57%
- #101Clayton Village Academy56%
- =102Co-op Academy Penny Oaks55%
- =102Cullingworth Village Primary School55%
- =102Dixons Allerton Academy55%
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23rd of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #21Christ Church Church of England AcademyGood
- #22Clayton Village AcademyGood
- #23Co-op Academy Penny OaksGood
- #24Co-op Academy PrincevilleGood
- #25Cottingley Village Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,723 (2024-25)
22nd of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #20Reevy Hill Primary School£7,781
- #21Fagley Primary School£7,743
- #22Co-op Academy Penny Oaks£7,723
- #23Woodlands Church of England Primary Academy£7,714
- #24Farfield Primary and Nursery School£7,707
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