Brackenhill Primary School

Community school·Primary school Bradford·BD7 4HA
Composite score
57.2
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#4,770
National rank
#466
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#42
In Bradford
Top 32%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
79%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
56 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
112
any preference, for 59 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9020230.9320240.9620250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Brackenhill Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
464
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
87.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,671
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Brackenhill Primary School at a glance

Located in Bradford, Brackenhill Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 464 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That is down 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 32% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Brackenhill Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 56 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.1%. There are about 25.3 pupils per teacher. Brackenhill Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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