Low Moor CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Park House Road, Low Moor, Bradford, BD12 0NN – View on map
- Phone: 01274600797
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Kathryn Savage
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 69
- % eligible for free school meals: 17.5%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 73% moved to another school, 27% 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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 18 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 13 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 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: 61% (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: As expected (3-year average 63% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 63%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 79% · Writing 71% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 70%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 103
- Based on: 56 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 81st of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =78Cottingley Village Primary School62%
- =78Our Lady of Victories Catholic School62%
- =81Low Moor CofE Primary School61%
- =81Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School61%
- =81Wellington Primary School61%
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55th of 113 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #53Lilycroft Primary SchoolGood
- #54Long Lee Primary SchoolGood
- #55Low Moor CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #56Lower Fields Primary AcademyGood
- #57Margaret McMillan Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,762 (2024-25)
145th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #143East Morton CofE Primary School£5,824
- #144Cullingworth Village Primary School£5,808
- #145Low Moor CofE Primary School£5,762
- #146Lapage Primary School and Nursery£5,753
- #147Idle CofE Primary School£5,737
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