Crossley Hall Academy
General Information
- Address: Thornton Road, Bradford, BD8 0HJ – View on map
- Phone: 01274488703
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs E Monnery
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 48 families put it first for 50 places – 10 for every 10 places. 96% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 208
- % eligible for free school meals: 35.9%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 80% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 29.8% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 54% moved to another school, 46% 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: 7.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 27.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Autism 24 places · 24 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: 14.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 11.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 56 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 27 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 52 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
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: 33% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 1% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 27 percentage points below the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 40% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 40%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 65% · Writing 33% · Maths 65% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 66%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 103
- Based on: 88 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 152nd of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- #150Meadow Bank Community School37%
- #151Oakworth Primary School35%
- =152Crossley Hall Academy33%
- =152Oldfield Primary School33%
- =152Shirley Manor Primary School33%
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27th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #25Cottingley Village Primary SchoolGood
- #26Crossflatts Primary SchoolGood
- #27Crossley Hall AcademyGood
- #28Cullingworth Village Primary SchoolGood
- #29Denholme Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,527 (2024-25)
91st of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #89Home Farm Primary School£6,549
- #90All Saints CofE Primary School£6,531
- #91Crossley Hall Academy£6,527
- #92Bankfoot Primary School£6,518
- #93Low Ash Primary School£6,487
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