Poplars Farm Primary School
General Information
- Address: Poplars Park Road, Off Kings Road, Bradford, BD2 1LQ – View on map
- Phone: 01274307490
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Jo Speak
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 58 families put it first for 58 places – 10 for every 10 places. 95% 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 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 120
- % eligible for free school meals: 28.4%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 48% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.1% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 47% moved to another school, 53% 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: 7.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 23.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 47 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Vision 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: 54% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points below the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 58% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 58%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 67% · Writing 67% · Maths 63% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 67%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 103
- Based on: 52 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 107th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =102Westbourne Primary School55%
- =107Horton Park Primary School54%
- =107Poplars Farm Primary School54%
- =107St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy54%
- =107St Paul's CofE Primary School54%
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72nd of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #70Parkwood Primary SchoolGood
- #71Peel Park Primary School and NurseryGood
- #72Poplars Farm Primary SchoolGood
- #73Rainbow Primary Leadership AcademyGood
- #74Reevy Hill Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,219 (2024-25)
121st of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #119St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£6,237
- #120Thornton Primary School£6,228
- #121Poplars Farm Primary School£6,219
- #122Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery£6,210
- #123Beckfoot Nessfield£6,175
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