Harden Primary School
General Information
- Address: Long Lane, Harden, Bingley, BD16 1LJ – View on map
- Phone: 01535273847
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Leanne Ruddock
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 23
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.8%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.8% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 45% moved to another school, 55% 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: 2.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 13 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 89% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 25% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 29 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 87% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 87%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 96% · Writing 89% · Maths 93% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 89%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 111
- Based on: 28 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: 4th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =2Baildon Church of England Primary School90%
- =2Lift Feversham90%
- #4Harden Primary School89%
- #5St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy88%
- =6Bankfoot Primary School83%
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38th of 113 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #36Greengates Primary AcademyGood
- #37Grove House AcademyGood
- #38Harden Primary SchoolGood
- #39Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary SchoolGood
- #40High Crags Primary Leadership AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £12,052 (2024-25)
1st of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #1Harden Primary School£12,052
- #2Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary School£10,062
- #3Oldfield Primary School£10,016
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