Killinghall Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Bradford·BD3 7JF
Composite score
49.4
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National rank
#731
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#67
In Bradford
Top 51%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
67 first choices, 83 places
First choices per place
0.81
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
159
any preference, for 83 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Killinghall 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
723
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
50.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
25.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,419
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Killinghall Primary School is a primary school serving Bradford, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. It has 723 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Killinghall Primary School 'Good'. 67% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Killinghall Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 83 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.3%. There are about 24.7 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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