Lady Royd Primary School

Free schools·Primary school Bradford·BD9 6RB
Composite score
61.6
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#3,503
National rank
#335
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#33
In Bradford
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
75%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
29 first choices, 34 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
84
any preference, for 34 places

Every child who put Lady Royd 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
349
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
46.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
31.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,427
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Lady Royd Primary School at a glance

Located in Bradford, Lady Royd Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a free school. The school educates roughly 349 pupils aged 4 to 11. 75% 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%). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% 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 Lady Royd Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 34 Reception places. There are about 23.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 47% 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. Lady Royd 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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