Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy
General Information
- Address: Nelson Street, Bradford, BD5 0HD – View on map
- Phone: 01274221400
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Harris
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 28 families put it first for 37 places – 8 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 7 · 2024 8 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 112
- % eligible for free school meals: 34.0%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 49% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 4.7% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 4.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 6.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 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: 66% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 25% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 68% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 68%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 71% · Writing 85% · Maths 81% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 106
- Based on: 59 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 61st of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =61Ashlands Primary School66%
- =61Newby Primary School66%
- =61Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy66%
- =61Sandal Primary School66%
- =65Co-op Academy Parkland65%
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73rd of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #71Peel Park Primary School and NurseryGood
- #72Poplars Farm Primary SchoolGood
- #73Rainbow Primary Leadership AcademyGood
- #74Reevy Hill Primary SchoolGood
- #75Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,311 (2024-25)
115th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #113Copthorne Primary School£6,342
- #114Addingham Primary School£6,321
- #115Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy£6,311
- #116Silsden Primary School£6,302
- #117Wilsden Primary School£6,301
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