Eldwick Primary School

Eldwick Primary School continues to demonstrate a strong performance, maintaining its status as a good school. The inspection revealed that pupils engage enthusiastically with a well-structured curriculum aimed at preparing them for life in a diverse world. Teachers are knowledgeable and foster an environment where high standards for behavior and academic achievement are expected. The school's leadership effectively supports student learning through an ambitious curriculum and adapts it well for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Notably, despite having faced challenges due to structural issues in the school building, there has been no disruption to pupils' learning. Overall, the school is well-regarded by staff, parents, and the local authority, with effective safeguarding measures in place to ensure pupil safety.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate a thirst for knowledge and are highly engaged in their learning.
• Teachers deliver an ambitious curriculum designed for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Pupils achieve well in core subjects, with high performance in reading, writing, and mathematics.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective, and pupils feel safe and supported.
• Attendance rates are high with very low persistent absence.
• Leaders support staff well-being and maintain a positive school environment.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment in some foundation subjects is not fully developed, leading to inconsistencies in identifying misconceptions.

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 Eldwick Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.5% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Eldwick 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 Eldwick Primary School had 22.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.1% 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, 9.1% of pupils at Eldwick Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 Eldwick Primary School received £6,558 and spent £6,622 for each of its 503 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £6,000 (£13 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 Eldwick Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Eldwick Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Eldwick Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Eldwick Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Eldwick Primary School have?

Eldwick Primary School has 517 pupils on roll.

What age range does Eldwick Primary School cover?

Eldwick Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Eldwick Primary School?

Eldwick Primary School is at Warren Lane, Gilstead, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 3LE.