Dixons Marchbank Primary
General Information
- Address: Marchbank Road, Barkerend Road, Bradford, BD3 8QQ – View on map
- Phone: 01274089920
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Rebecca Greenwood
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 110
- % eligible for free school meals: 25.6%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 34% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 6.3% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- 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 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 5.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 30 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 11 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 4 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 77% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 17 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 70% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 70%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 90% · Writing 85% · Maths 85% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 88%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 107
- Based on: 60 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 22nd of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =17Lees Primary School79%
- =17Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy79%
- =22Dixons Marchbank Primary77%
- =22Eastburn Primary School77%
- =22Foxhill Primary School77%
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4th of 113 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #2Burley Oaks Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #3Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #4Dixons Marchbank PrimaryOutstanding
- #5Dixons Music PrimaryOutstanding
- #6Fagley Primary SchoolOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,354 (2024-25)
111th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #109Lower Fields Primary Academy£6,367
- #110Burley Oaks Primary School£6,355
- #111Dixons Marchbank Primary£6,354
- #112Oxenhope CofE Primary School£6,348
- #113Copthorne Primary School£6,342
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