Holybrook Primary School
General Information
- Address: Rillington Mead, Greengates, Bradford, BD10 0EF – View on map
- Phone: 01274611327
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Chris Lloyd
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 47 families put it first for 29 places – 16 for every 10 places. 60% 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 11 · 2024 9 · 2025 12 · 2026 16
- Intake: Mixed
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 142
- % eligible for free school meals: 62.0%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 12% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 28.9% 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: 6.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 22.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Social, emotional and mental health 24 places · 19 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: 20.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 9.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 17 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 15 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 64% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 71% against an expected 46%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 71%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 73% · Maths 70% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 79%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 102
- Based on: 33 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 68th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =68Dixons Manningham Academy64%
- =68Frizinghall Primary School64%
- =68Holybrook Primary School64%
- =68Laycock Academy64%
- =68Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary School64%
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8th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #6Dixons Music PrimaryOutstanding
- #7Fagley Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #8Holybrook Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #9Merlin Top Primary AcademyOutstanding
- #10St John's CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,071 (2024-25)
13th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #11Stanbury Village School£8,203
- #12Parkwood Primary School£8,106
- #13Holybrook Primary School£8,071
- #14Merlin Top Primary Academy£8,000
- #15Peel Park Primary School and Nursery£7,920
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