Whetley Academy
General Information
- Address: Whetley Lane, Girlington, Bradford, BD8 9HZ – View on map
- Phone: 01274422041
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Jonny Townend
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 29 families put it first for 29 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 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 144
- % eligible for free school meals: 41.0%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 94% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.8% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 2 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: 7.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 26.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 37 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 16 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 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: 50% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points below the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 47% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 47%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 67% · Writing 61% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 43%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 102
- Based on: 72 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 120th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =120Reevy Hill Primary School50%
- =120Ryecroft Primary Academy50%
- =120Whetley Academy50%
- =126The Academy At St. James49%
- =126Wycliffe CofE Primary School49%
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115th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #113Westbourne Primary SchoolGood
- #114Westminster Church of England Primary AcademyGood
- #115Whetley AcademyGood
- #116Wibsey Primary SchoolGood
- #117Wilsden Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,601 (2024-25)
82nd of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #80Myrtle Park Primary£6,622
- #81Crossflatts Primary School£6,619
- #82Whetley Academy£6,601
- #83St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£6,594
- #84St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£6,592
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