Merlin Top Primary Academy

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Braithwaite Avenue
Keighley
West Yorkshire
BD22 6HZ
Phone 01535210028
Reference Number 139229

General Makeup

Number of pupils 333
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.95%
Girls: 51.05%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 57.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 15.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 22.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 24.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 25 18 43
2 23 22 45
3 20 25 45
4 16 22 38
5 16 28 44
6 28 16 44

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 61.6%
Pakistani 21.6%
White & Asian 4.5%
White, Other 3.9%
White & Black (African) 1.5%
Mixed, Other 1.5%
Asian, Other 1.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
Indian 0.9%
Unclassified 0.6%
African 0.3%
Irish 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2024-11-21
Date Description Report
2024-10-09 School inspection School inspection
2019-03-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2016-11-29 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-10-20 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-03-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 68% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 2% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104 Unlock Unlock
Maths 103 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.2 Unlock Unlock
Writing 1.3 Unlock Unlock
Maths 0.9 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Unlock Unlock
Second Preference 6 0
Third Preference 13 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
Beckfoot Phoenix
Braithwaite Avenue, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD22 6HZ
0.03 miles
Our Lady of Victories Catholic School
Guard House Road, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD22 6JP
0.25 miles
Victoria Primary School
Cartmel Road, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 2RD
0.51 miles
Keighley St Andrew's CofE Primary School and Nursery
Lustre Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 2ND
0.55 miles
Beckfoot Nessfield
Nessfield Drive, Keighley, BD22 6NP
0.6 miles
Holycroft Primary School
Victoria Road, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 1JF
0.75 miles
Laycock Primary School
Laycock Lane, Laycock, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD22 0PP
0.8 miles
St Anne's Catholic Primary School
North Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 3AD
0.85 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Queen's Road, Ingrow, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 1AR
0.99 miles
Ingrow Primary School
Broomhill Avenue, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 1BW
1.02 miles
Eastwood Community School
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1.22 miles
Parkwood Primary School
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1.23 miles
Worth Valley Primary School
Bracken Bank Crescent, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD22 7AX
1.42 miles
Long Lee Primary School
Cherry Tree Rise, Long Lee, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 4RU
1.59 miles
Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary School
Grange Road, Riddlesden, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 5AB
1.73 miles
Oakworth Primary School
Station Road, Oakworth, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD22 7HX
1.75 miles
Strong Close Nursery School
Airedale Road, Keighley, BD21 4LW
1.75 miles
Steeton Primary School
Market Street, Steeton, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6NN
1.95 miles
Lees Primary School
Haworth Road, Cross Roads, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD22 9DL
2.29 miles
Eastburn Primary School
Green Close, Eastburn, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 8UX
2.68 miles
Name Distance
The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6LH
0.73 miles
Carlton Keighley
Green Head Road, Utley, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6EB
0.96 miles
Beckfoot Oakbank
Oakworth Road, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD22 7DU
0.98 miles
Beechcliffe Special School
Green Head Road, Utley, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6ED
1.02 miles
South Craven School
Holme Lane, Cross Hills, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 7RL
3.2 miles
Parkside School
Parkside Terrace, Cullingworth, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 5AD
3.24 miles
Bingley Grammar School
Keighley Road, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 2RS
3.57 miles
Beckfoot School
Wagon Lane, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 1EE
4.56 miles
Hazelbeck Special School
Wagon Lane, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 1EE
4.62 miles
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Attainment 8 score percentile

Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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