St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
General Information
- Address: Bradford Road, Clayton, Bradford, BD14 6HW – View on map
- Phone: 01274414761
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Kenyon
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 30 families put it first for 30 places – 10 for every 10 places. 93% 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: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 32
- % eligible for free school meals: 15.6%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 20% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14.2% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 42% moved to another school, 58% 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: 4.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
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: 71% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 78% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 78%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 79% · Maths 79% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 79%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 107
- Based on: 28 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 39th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =39Bowling Park Primary School71%
- =39Greengates Primary Academy71%
- =39St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy71%
- =39St Joseph's Catholic Primary School71%
- =39Thorpe Primary71%
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86th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #84Southmere Primary AcademyGood
- #85St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #86St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
- #87St Columba's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
- #88St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,663 (2024-25)
148th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #146Lapage Primary School and Nursery£5,753
- #147Idle CofE Primary School£5,737
- #148St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£5,663
- #149Keighley St Andrew's CofE Primary School and Nursery£5,558
- #150Dixons Music Primary£5,544
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