Woodside Academy
General Information
- Address: Fenwick Drive, Bradford, BD6 2PG – View on map
- Phone: 01274414350
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Kirsty Porter
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 41 families put it first for 30 places – 14 for every 10 places. 73% 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 14
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 175
- % eligible for free school meals: 48.3%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (similar to the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 16% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 33.8% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 46% moved to another school, 54% 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: 6.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 27.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 40 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 37 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 11 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 58% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 52% against an expected 54%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 52%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 70% · Writing 72% · Maths 60% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 65%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 101
- Based on: 57 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 89th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =89Swain House Primary School58%
- =89The Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School58%
- =89Woodside Academy58%
- =95Home Farm Primary School57%
- =95Ingrow Primary School57%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,855 (2024-25)
19th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #17Girlington Primary School£7,891
- #18Christ Church Church of England Academy£7,882
- #19Woodside Academy£7,855
- #20Reevy Hill Primary School£7,781
- #21Fagley Primary School£7,743
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