The Academy At St. James
General Information
- Address: Chelwood Drive, Allerton, Bradford, BD15 7YD – View on map
- Phone: 01274777095
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Ruth Thompson
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 130
- % eligible for free school meals: 48.3%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 17% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14.8% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 53% moved to another school, 47% 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: 6.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 22 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
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: 49% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points below the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 45% against an expected 54%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 45%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 68% · Writing 66% · Maths 59% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 58%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 102
- Based on: 59 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 126th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =120Ryecroft Primary Academy50%
- =120Whetley Academy50%
- =126The Academy At St. James49%
- =126Wycliffe CofE Primary School49%
- =128Bradford Academy48%
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93rd of 113 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #91Swain House Primary SchoolGood
- #92Thackley Primary SchoolGood
- #93The Academy At St. JamesGood
- #94The Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #95Thornbury Primary Leadership AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,094 (2024-25)
50th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #48Swain House Primary School£7,112
- #49The Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School£7,097
- #50The Academy At St. James£7,094
- #51Westminster Church of England Primary Academy£7,091
- #52St Paul's CofE Primary School£7,079
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