Drighlington Primary School
General Information
- Address: Moorland Road, Drighlington, Bradford, BD11 1JY – View on map
- Phone: 01132853000
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sara Harris
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 52 families put it first for 54 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 6 of the 54 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 11 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 40
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.4%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 23.8% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 46% moved to another school, 54% 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 Leeds: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 22 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (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 Leeds, 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: 5.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 29.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 64 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 21 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 11 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 53% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points below the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 48% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 48%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 71% · Writing 67% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 49 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 160th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =155Greenhill Primary School54%
- =160Castleton Primary School53%
- =160Drighlington Primary School53%
- =160Middleton Primary School53%
- =160Rosebank Primary School53%
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170th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #168Woodlesford Primary SchoolGood
- #169Yeadon Primary SchoolGood
- #170Drighlington Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #171Hovingham Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #172Little London AcademyRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,883 (2024-25)
130th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #128Scholes (Elmet) Primary School£6,894
- #129Ninelands Primary School£6,892
- #130Drighlington Primary School£6,883
- #131Otley All Saints CofE Primary School£6,882
- #132Lawns Park Primary School£6,879
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