Laycock Academy
General Information
- Address: Laycock Lane, Laycock, Keighley, BD22 0PP – View on map
- Phone: 01535605916
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Alex Summerscales
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 6 families put it first for 10 places – 6 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 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 8 · 2026 6
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 39
- % eligible for free school meals: 49.4%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 31.7% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 38% moved to another school, 62% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 6.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 21.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 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: 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: As expected (3-year average 53% against an expected 54%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 53%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 64% · Writing 64% · Maths 64% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 36%
- Average test scores: reading 98, maths 97
- Based on: 11 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
- =68Frizinghall Primary School64%
- =68Holybrook Primary School64%
- =68Laycock Academy64%
- =68Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary School64%
- =73Appleton Academy63%
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56th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #54Killinghall Primary SchoolGood
- #55Lapage Primary School and NurseryGood
- #56Laycock AcademyGood
- #57Lees Primary SchoolGood
- #58Lilycroft Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,114 (2024-25)
47th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #45St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£7,176
- #46Our Lady of Victories Catholic School£7,153
- #47Laycock Academy£7,114
- #48Swain House Primary School£7,112
- #49The Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School£7,097
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