Myrtle Park Primary

Myrtle Park Primary is a nurturing and positive school environment where pupils generally exhibit good behavior and a strong attitude towards learning. Despite recent improvements in leadership and staff morale, the school has been identified as requiring improvement overall, particularly in the quality of education delivered. While the school’s curriculum offers a wider range of subjects beyond core areas, inconsistencies in subject leadership and implementation have resulted in gaps in students' knowledge and a need for more effective support, especially in phonics for younger pupils. Parents express mixed feelings regarding educational quality and communication, indicating areas that still require attention.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit respectful and tolerant attitudes towards classmates.
• The school has a strong focus on supporting pupils' emotional needs.
• Pupils achieve well in reading by the end of Year 6.
• The curriculum for mathematics is well sequenced and taught.
• Children in Reception benefit from an ambitious and engaging curriculum.
• Pupils have a strong understanding of fundamental British values.
• Attendance is above the national average.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the wider curriculum.
• Foundation subjects and science lack clarity on essential knowledge.
• Pupils struggling with reading do not receive adequate support.
• Some staff and pupils lack awareness of risks they may face outside school.

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 Myrtle Park Primary attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.7% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Myrtle Park Primary 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 Myrtle Park Primary had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.2% 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, 15.3% of pupils at Myrtle Park Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.9% 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 Myrtle Park Primary received £6,917 and spent £6,965 for each of its 211 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £56,000 (£264 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 Myrtle Park Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Myrtle Park Primary is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Myrtle Park Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

Myrtle Park Primary was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Myrtle Park Primary have?

Myrtle Park Primary has 216 pupils on roll.

What age range does Myrtle Park Primary cover?

Myrtle Park Primary for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Myrtle Park Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Myrtle Park Primary?

Myrtle Park Primary is at Ash Terrace, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 1HB.