Sandy Lane Primary School
General Information
- Address: Cottingley Road, Allerton, Bradford, BD15 9JU – View on map
- Phone: 01274546493
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Fiona Newsome
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 34 families put it first for 38 places – 9 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 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 92
- % eligible for free school meals: 31.2%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (similar to the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 41% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.3% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 14% moved to another school, 86% 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: 6.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 18 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 76% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 16 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 60% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 81% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 88%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 107
- Based on: 42 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 26th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =26Crossflatts Primary School76%
- =26Lower Fields Primary Academy76%
- =26Sandy Lane Primary School76%
- =26St John's CofE Primary School76%
- =30Blakehill Primary School75%
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80th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #78Saltaire Primary SchoolGood
- #79Sandal Primary SchoolGood
- #80Sandy Lane Primary SchoolGood
- #81Shibden Head Primary AcademyGood
- #82Shipley CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,779 (2024-25)
64th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #62Saltaire Primary School£6,823
- #63St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy£6,790
- #64Sandy Lane Primary School£6,779
- #65Southmere Primary Academy£6,761
- #66Clayton St John CofE Primary School£6,734
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