St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy

School overview

St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school serving Bradford, Bradford, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led with a Church of England religious character. It has 449 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 4.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 100 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 48% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy, 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.