Frizinghall Primary School

Frizinghall Primary School is an inclusive, caring school at the heart of its local community. Leaders have built strong systems for supporting pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils, with early identification, well-coordinated pastoral care and a broad personal development offer that pupils and families value. Pupils feel safe, behave well, and benefit from extensive enrichment, trips and leadership opportunities. Early years provision is generally strong, and phonics and mathematics teaching are having a positive impact, including above-average Year 4 multiplication check results. However, achievement is uneven. End-of-key-stage-2 outcomes have not been consistently in line with national averages, and disadvantaged pupils' outcomes are not as high as they could be. The sharp emphasis on writing and presentation seen in key stage 1 is not sustained as well in key stage 2. Attendance is also a concern: overall absence and persistent absence remain above national averages, and improvements this year are not yet consistent across the school or between groups, although leaders have made attendance a high priority and rates are improving. The school benefits from committed leadership, supportive governance and a strong focus on staff development. The main priorities are to make effective classroom practice consistent, particularly in key stage 2, and to ensure attendance improvements are sustained over time.

Strengths

• Consistently inclusive environment for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils
• Early identification of additional needs with timely, well-coordinated support
• Strong personal development and wellbeing provision
• Broad, sequenced PSHE and RSE curriculum
• Proactive pastoral care valued by pupils and families
• Extensive enrichment, clubs, trips and leadership opportunities with equitable access
• Pupils demonstrate respect, tolerance and understanding of diversity and British values
• Accurate phonics teaching with books well matched to pupils' phonic ability
• Structured mathematics teaching and positive Year 4 multiplication check results
• High ambition and strong early writing in key stage 1
• Well-sequenced early years curriculum responsive to children's needs
• Caring and inclusive early years provision with effective family partnerships
• Leaders show integrity, accurate self-evaluation and clear improvement priorities
• Governors provide appropriate support and challenge and statutory duties are met
• Professional development is prioritised and staff feel well supported
• Calm, orderly environment with positive behaviour and harmonious social times
• Pupils feel safe, valued and cared for, and bullying is rare
• Attendance has improved this year and persistent absence has reduced
• Wider curriculum builds subject-specific vocabulary, particularly in science and geography

Areas for Improvement

• Achievement across the school is variable
• End-of-key-stage-2 outcomes are not consistently in line with or above national averages
• Disadvantaged pupils' outcomes are not as high as they could be
• Writing and presentation expectations are less rigorous in key stage 2 than in key stage 1
• Attendance remains inconsistent across the school and between groups
• Overall absence and persistent absence are above national averages
• Attendance improvements are not yet sustained over time
• Effective classroom practice is not implemented consistently, particularly in key stage 2
• Leaders need to ensure achievement is sustained across the curriculum over time
• Leaders need to ensure attendance approaches lead to sustained improvement for different groups

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Frizinghall Primary School attended 92.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.7% of pupils at Frizinghall Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Frizinghall Primary School had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.3% of pupils at Frizinghall Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Frizinghall Primary School received £6,562 and spent £6,645 for each of its 393 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £175,000 (£445 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Frizinghall Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Frizinghall Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Frizinghall Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Frizinghall Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Frizinghall Primary School have?

Frizinghall Primary School has 410 pupils on roll.

What age range does Frizinghall Primary School cover?

Frizinghall Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Frizinghall Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Frizinghall Primary School?

Frizinghall Primary School is at Salisbury Road, Frizinghall, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 4HP.