Killinghall Primary School
General Information
- Address: Killinghall Road, Bradford, BD3 7JF – View on map
- Phone: 01274771166
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Claire Spencer
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 67 families put it first for 83 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 83 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 8 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 170
- % eligible for free school meals: 27.6%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 70% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.5% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- 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. "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: 5.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 95 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 36 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 36 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 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: 67% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 66% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 66%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 84% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 84%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 106
- Based on: 91 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 56th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =54Saltaire Primary School68%
- =56Grove House Academy67%
- =56Killinghall Primary School67%
- =56Oxenhope CofE Primary School67%
- =56Stanbury Village School67%
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54th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #52Keelham Primary SchoolGood
- #53Keighley St Andrew's CofE Primary School and NurseryGood
- #54Killinghall Primary SchoolGood
- #55Lapage Primary School and NurseryGood
- #56Laycock AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,419 (2024-25)
100th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #98Co-op Academy Princeville£6,424
- #99Victoria Primary School£6,421
- #100Killinghall Primary School£6,419
- #101Lilycroft Primary School£6,418
- #102Beckfoot Heaton Primary£6,407
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