St William's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
General Information
- Address: Young Street, Bradford, BD8 9RG – View on map
- Phone: 01274545743
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Fiona Parker
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 3 families put it first for 3 places – 10 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 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 38
- % eligible for free school meals: 32.5%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 57% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14.3% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 36% moved to another school, 64% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 60% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 44% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 44%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 70% · Writing 75% · Maths 70% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 100
- Based on: 20 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 84th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =84Idle CofE Primary School60%
- =84St Francis Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy60%
- =84St William's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy60%
- =84Wibsey Primary School60%
- =84Woodlands Church of England Primary Academy60%
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98th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #96St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #97St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
- #98St William's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
- #99St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
- #100St. Clare's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,656 (2024-25)
30th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #28Long Lee Primary School£7,665
- #29Shipley CofE Primary School£7,662
- #30St William's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£7,656
- #31Atlas Community Primary School£7,611
- #32St. Clare's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£7,590
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