St John's CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Dawson Lane, Bierley, Bradford, BD4 6JF – View on map
- Phone: 01274681959
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Andrew Knight
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 81 families put it first for 59 places – 14 for every 10 places. 73% of them were offered a place. 4 of the 59 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 13 · 2026 14
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 153
- % eligible for free school meals: 33.0%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 26% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 6.3% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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: 3.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 23 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 14 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 76% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 11% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 16 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 69% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 69%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 77% · Maths 84% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 106
- Based on: 63 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
- =26Lower Fields Primary Academy76%
- =26Sandy Lane Primary School76%
- =26St John's CofE Primary School76%
- =30Blakehill Primary School75%
- =30Byron Primary School75%
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10th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #8Holybrook Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #9Merlin Top Primary AcademyOutstanding
- #10St John's CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #11All Saints' CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #12Atlas Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,047 (2024-25)
138th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #136Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School£6,061
- #137Menston Primary School£6,056
- #138St John's CofE Primary School£6,047
- #139Lift Feversham£5,956
- #140Thackley Primary School£5,954
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