Cullingworth Village Primary School
General Information
- Address: New School Lane, Off Halifax Road, Bradford, BD13 5DA – View on map
- Phone: 01535273839
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Cathy Isaac
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 50 families put it first for 45 places – 11 for every 10 places. 84% 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 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 42
- % eligible for free school meals: 13.5%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.6% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 53% moved to another school, 47% 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: 3.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 12 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 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: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points below the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 68% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 68%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 66% · Maths 85% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 79%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 47 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
- #101Clayton Village Academy56%
- =102Co-op Academy Penny Oaks55%
- =102Cullingworth Village Primary School55%
- =102Dixons Allerton Academy55%
- =102Margaret McMillan Primary School55%
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28th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #26Crossflatts Primary SchoolGood
- #27Crossley Hall AcademyGood
- #28Cullingworth Village Primary SchoolGood
- #29Denholme Primary SchoolGood
- #30Dixons Manningham AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,808 (2024-25)
144th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #142Oakworth Primary School£5,879
- #143East Morton CofE Primary School£5,824
- #144Cullingworth Village Primary School£5,808
- #145Low Moor CofE Primary School£5,762
- #146Lapage Primary School and Nursery£5,753
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