Worth Valley Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Keighley, Bradford·BD22 7AX
Composite score
43.6
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#9,643
National rank
#983
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#88
In Bradford
Top 65%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
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%
20 first choices, 20 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
35
any preference, for 20 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.0320240.9520251.002026

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

Every child who put Worth Valley 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
235
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
54.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,577
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

About Worth Valley Primary School

Worth Valley Primary School is a primary school in Keighley, Bradford, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 235 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above 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 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Worth Valley Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 20 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 19.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 54% 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. 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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