Lilycroft Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Bradford·BD9 5AD
Composite score
58.3
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#4,448
National rank
#426
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#39
In Bradford
Top 30%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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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%
50 first choices, 50 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
127
any preference, for 50 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
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1 per place
0.9320220.9820231.1520240.9820251.002026

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

Every child who put Lilycroft 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
397
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
72.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,418
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Lilycroft Primary School is a primary school serving Bradford, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 397 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 2.0 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 30% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Lilycroft Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 50 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 19.8 pupils per teacher. Lilycroft 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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