Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School
General Information
- Address: Rossefield Road, Heaton, Bradford, BD9 4DA – View on map
- Phone: 01274545019
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Diane Smith
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 46 families put it first for 47 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 8 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 65
- % eligible for free school meals: 17.0%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 94% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 5.4% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% 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: 4.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 17 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 14 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
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: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 60% against an expected 71%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 76% · Maths 75% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 59 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 73rd of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =73Appleton Academy63%
- =73Dixons Music Primary63%
- =73Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School63%
- =73Victoria Primary School63%
- =73Wilsden Primary School63%
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43rd of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #41Harden Primary SchoolGood
- #42Haworth Primary SchoolGood
- #43Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary SchoolGood
- #44High Crags Primary Leadership AcademyGood
- #45Hill Top CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,061 (2024-25)
136th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #134Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy£6,078
- #135Wycliffe CofE Primary School£6,075
- #136Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School£6,061
- #137Menston Primary School£6,056
- #138St John's CofE Primary School£6,047
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