Holycroft Primary School
General Information
- Address: Victoria Road, Keighley, BD21 1JF – View on map
- Phone: 01535604183
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Hannah Hurd
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 44 families put it first for 44 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 9 · 2024 10 · 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: 113
- % eligible for free school meals: 37.9%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 66% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.7% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 42% moved to another school, 58% 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: 9.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 28.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 24 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
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: 58% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 54% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 60% · Writing 69% · Maths 63% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 60%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 102
- Based on: 52 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 89th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =84Woodlands Church of England Primary Academy60%
- =89Addingham Primary School58%
- =89Holycroft Primary School58%
- =89St Columba's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy58%
- =89Swain House Primary School58%
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47th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #45Hill Top CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #46Hollingwood AcademyGood
- #47Holycroft Primary SchoolGood
- #48Horton Park Primary SchoolGood
- #49Hoyle Court Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,838 (2024-25)
61st of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #59Westbourne Primary School£6,903
- #60St Philip's CofE Primary School£6,848
- #61Holycroft Primary School£6,838
- #62Saltaire Primary School£6,823
- #63St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy£6,790
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