Iqra Primary Academy

IQRA Primary Academy demonstrates a strong performance overall, achieving a good rating with notable strengths in behaviour, attitudes, and personal development. Pupils benefit from a supportive environment where they display mutual respect and continually seek to help one another. The school sets high expectations for all students, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and provides an ambitious curriculum designed to cultivate essential knowledge and vocabulary. The recent changes under new leadership have been successfully managed, contributing to the school's positive trajectory since its last inspection in 2018. While the school excels in many areas, it acknowledges the need for improvement in some foundation subjects. In these areas, staff sometimes struggle to break down knowledge into smaller, more manageable components, which can lead to gaps in understanding for pupils. Additionally, there are identified concerns regarding the subject knowledge of some staff members, which may occasionally hinder the quality of education being delivered. Overall, the school is on a promising path with clear objectives for future enhancements.

Strengths

• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes from pupils
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities
• High expectations leading to successful learning outcomes
• Effective assessment practices tailored to individual pupil needs
• Rich curriculum that fosters deep understanding of key subjects
• Wide range of extracurricular clubs enhancing cultural knowledge
• Strong leadership with clear communication and community engagement

Areas for Improvement

• In some foundation subjects, knowledge is not broken down into manageable components
• Some staff lack the necessary subject knowledge to effectively deliver parts of the curriculum

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 Iqra Primary Academy attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.0% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Iqra Primary Academy 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 Iqra Primary Academy had 22.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.8% 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, 19.8% of pupils at Iqra Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% 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 2024–25 Iqra Primary Academy received £6,041 and spent £6,927 for each of its 622 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £364,000 (£586 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Iexel Education Trust, income was £7,472 and spending £7,607 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Iqra Primary Academy is part of Iexel Education Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy Bradford
• Bronte Girls' Academy Bradford

What is Iqra Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Iqra Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Iqra Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Iqra Primary Academy was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Iqra Primary Academy have?

Iqra Primary Academy has 616 pupils on roll.

What age range does Iqra Primary Academy cover?

Iqra Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Iqra Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Iqra Primary Academy?

Iqra Primary Academy is at Drummond Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 8DA.