Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Keighley, Bradford·BD20 5AB
Composite score
53.3
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#6,094
National rank
#596
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#54
In Bradford
Top 41%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
50 first choices, 54 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
84
any preference, for 54 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520220.8120231.0020241.0020250.932026

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

Every child who put Riddlesden St Mary's CofE 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
447
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
46.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
29.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,644
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Keighley, Bradford, Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 447 pupils aged 2 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 31.0 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 41% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 50 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.2%. There are about 20.6 pupils per teacher. Riddlesden St Mary's CofE 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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