Drighlington Primary School

Community school · Primary school · Bradford, Leeds
BD11 1JY
Composite score
43.8

School overview

Drighlington Primary School is a primary school serving Bradford, Leeds, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 405 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Drighlington Primary School 'Requires improvement'. 53% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 3.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). If you are considering Drighlington Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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 further down the page.

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National rank
#974
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#150
In Leeds
Top 65%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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

School profile

Pupils on roll 405 % FSM ever-6 13.3% % EAL 6.4% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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