Horton Park Primary School
General Information
- Address: Dawnay Road, Bradford, BD5 9LQ – View on map
- Phone: 01274574544
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Saima Bahadur
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 49 families put it first for 56 places – 9 for every 10 places. 92% 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 10 · 2024 11 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 220
- % eligible for free school meals: 52.1%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 81% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 22.5% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 49% moved to another school, 51% 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: 5.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesHearing impairmentVisual impairmentPhysical disability 12 places · 9 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: 23.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 67 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 17 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 12 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 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: 54% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points below the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 73% against an expected 56%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 73%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 66% · Writing 71% · Maths 66% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 103, 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 107th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =102Margaret McMillan Primary School55%
- =102Westbourne Primary School55%
- =107Horton Park Primary School54%
- =107Poplars Farm Primary School54%
- =107St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy54%
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48th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #46Hollingwood AcademyGood
- #47Holycroft Primary SchoolGood
- #48Horton Park Primary SchoolGood
- #49Hoyle Court Primary SchoolGood
- #50Ingrow Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,691 (2024-25)
26th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #24Farfield Primary and Nursery School£7,707
- #25St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£7,705
- #26Horton Park Primary School£7,691
- #27High Crags Primary Leadership Academy£7,684
- #28Long Lee Primary School£7,665
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