Foxhill Primary School

Foxhill Primary is a warm and ambitious school where pupils are proud to attend, feel safe and supported, and work hard. Inspectors found provision to be consistently strong across the areas judged. Reading is a particular strength, the curriculum has been made more ambitious and well sequenced, and pupils with SEND are identified and supported effectively. Early years provision, personal development, attendance and leadership are also strong, with effective governance and positive parent views. The inspection took place after significant staffing and leadership changes, including a headteacher appointed in 2023, and was the school's first routine inspection since the pandemic. Recent curriculum improvements were not reflected in published 2024 outcomes, but inspectors saw evidence of them in pupils' current work and achievements. The main area to improve is assessment: staff do not always check pupils' understanding carefully enough, so gaps can be missed and misconceptions may not be corrected promptly.

Strengths

• Pupils are proud of their school and demonstrate positive, hard-working attitudes.
• Warm, caring relationships between staff and pupils help pupils feel safe and supported.
• Reading is taught well, with skilled phonics teaching and effective support for pupils who need it.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced, helping pupils build knowledge logically.
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and staff are trained to provide effective adaptive support.
• Children in early years benefit from purposeful play, established routines and high-quality staff interactions.
• Attendance is monitored carefully and most pupils attend regularly and on time.
• Personal development is strong, including safety education, enrichment clubs, visits and extensive outdoor learning.
• Leadership, governance and staff support are effective, and parents are overwhelmingly positive.
• Behaviour is good: pupils are polite and disruptions to learning are extremely rare.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment check-ins are not consistently precise enough, allowing gaps in learning and misconceptions to go unaddressed.

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 Foxhill Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.8% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Foxhill 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 Foxhill Primary School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.2% 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, 5.6% of pupils at Foxhill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% 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 Foxhill Primary School received £7,274 and spent £6,955 for each of its 229 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £147,000 (£641 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 Foxhill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Foxhill Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Foxhill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Foxhill Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Foxhill Primary School have?

Foxhill Primary School has 231 pupils on roll.

What age range does Foxhill Primary School cover?

Foxhill Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Foxhill Primary School?

Foxhill Primary School is at Brighouse and Denholme Road, Queensbury, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 1LN.