Hollingwood Academy
General Information
- Address: Hollingwood Lane, Bradford, BD7 4BE – View on map
- Phone: 01274575353
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Tahira Asghar
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 72 families put it first for 60 places – 12 for every 10 places. 81% 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 12 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 12
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 132
- % eligible for free school meals: 29.8%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 56% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.2% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 25% moved to another school, 75% 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: 7.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 20.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesHearing impairmentVisual impairmentPhysical disability 16 places · 16 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 8.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 9.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 23 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 21 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Specific learning difficulty: 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: 80% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 20 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 76% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 76%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 84% · Writing 84% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 84%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 107
- Based on: 64 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 12th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =10Keelham Primary School81%
- =12Burley Oaks Primary School80%
- =12Hollingwood Academy80%
- =12Marshfield Primary80%
- =12St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy80%
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46th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #44High Crags Primary Leadership AcademyGood
- #45Hill Top CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #46Hollingwood AcademyGood
- #47Holycroft Primary SchoolGood
- #48Horton Park Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,225 (2024-25)
155th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #153Farnham Academy£5,376
- #154Grove House Academy£5,366
- #155Hollingwood Academy£5,225
- #156St Matthew's CofE Primary School and Nursery£3,381
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