Silsden Primary School
General Information
- Address: Hawber Cote Lane, Silsden, Keighley, BD20 0JJ – View on map
- Phone: 01535653290
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Karl Russell
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 80 families put it first for 84 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 84 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 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: 99
- % eligible for free school meals: 15.6%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.3% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 29% moved to another school, 71% 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: 4.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 8.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 21 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 20 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Physical disability: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
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: 72% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 12 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 64% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 80% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 89%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 108
- Based on: 83 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: 38th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =35Hoyle Court Primary School73%
- =35Steeton Primary School73%
- #38Silsden Primary School72%
- =39Bowling Park Primary School71%
- =39Greengates Primary Academy71%
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83rd of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #81Shibden Head Primary AcademyGood
- #82Shipley CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #83Silsden Primary SchoolGood
- #84Southmere Primary AcademyGood
- #85St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,302 (2024-25)
116th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #114Addingham Primary School£6,321
- #115Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy£6,311
- #116Silsden Primary School£6,302
- #117Wilsden Primary School£6,301
- #118Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy£6,237
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