Margaret McMillan Primary School
General Information
- Address: Scotchman Road, Heaton, Bradford, BD9 5DF – View on map
- Phone: 01274495934
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sarah/Sarah Hodge/Johnson
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 49 families put it first for 50 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 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 184
- % eligible for free school meals: 35.9%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 71% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.6% 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: 6.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 22.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 54 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 26 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 55% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points below the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 55% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 55%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 69% · Writing 63% · Maths 72% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 70%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 103
- Based on: 87 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 102nd of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =102Cullingworth Village Primary School55%
- =102Dixons Allerton Academy55%
- =102Margaret McMillan Primary School55%
- =102Westbourne Primary School55%
- =107Horton Park Primary School54%
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63rd of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #61Low Moor CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #62Lower Fields Primary AcademyGood
- #63Margaret McMillan Primary SchoolGood
- #64Marshfield PrimaryGood
- #65Newby Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,101 (2024-25)
133rd of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #131Wibsey Primary School£6,110
- #132Lees Primary School£6,103
- #133Margaret McMillan Primary School£6,101
- #134Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy£6,078
- #135Wycliffe CofE Primary School£6,075
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