Poplars Farm Primary School

Poplars Farm Primary School is performing well, continuing to be rated as a good school. Pupils show enthusiasm for learning and display good behavior, creating a supportive and safe environment. The school effectively integrates pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) into the curriculum, and has well-established procedures for early years that promote positive engagement and development. Furthermore, the school fosters cultural awareness through links with schools in different countries, although there are some gaps in pupils' understanding of other faiths.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy coming to school and feel safe.
• Staff effectively support pupils with SEND and EAL.
• The curriculum is broad, ambitious, and well-developed.
• Early years provision is nurturing and engaging.
• Most pupils learn to read quickly, with effective phonics support.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff do not consistently emphasize the most important knowledge.
• Personal development oversight is underdeveloped.

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 Poplars Farm Primary School attended 92.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.9% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Poplars Farm 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 Poplars Farm Primary School had 25.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.1% 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, 14.9% of pupils at Poplars Farm Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% 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 Poplars Farm Primary School received £6,926 and spent £6,863 for each of its 440 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £102,000 (£231 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 Poplars Farm Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Poplars Farm Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Poplars Farm Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Poplars Farm Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Poplars Farm Primary School have?

Poplars Farm Primary School has 457 pupils on roll.

What age range does Poplars Farm Primary School cover?

Poplars Farm Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Poplars Farm Primary School?

Poplars Farm Primary School is at Poplars Park Road, Off Kings Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD2 1LQ.