Our Lady of Victories Catholic School
General Information
- Address: Guard House Road, Keighley, BD22 6JP – View on map
- Phone: 01535607149
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr John Devlin
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 33 families put it first for 29 places – 11 for every 10 places. 88% 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 14 · 2024 11 · 2025 13 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 50
- % eligible for free school meals: 22.8%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 40% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.4% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 56% moved to another school, 44% 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: 5.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 12 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 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: 62% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 49% against an expected 71%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 49%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 72% · Maths 93% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 90%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 107
- Based on: 29 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 78th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =78Atlas Community Primary School62%
- =78Cottingley Village Primary School62%
- =78Our Lady of Victories Catholic School62%
- =81Low Moor CofE Primary School61%
- =81Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School61%
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69th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #67Oakworth Primary SchoolGood
- #68Oldfield Primary SchoolGood
- #69Our Lady of Victories Catholic SchoolGood
- #70Parkwood Primary SchoolGood
- #71Peel Park Primary School and NurseryGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,153 (2024-25)
46th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #44Clayton Village Academy£7,181
- #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
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