Boothroyd Primary Academy

Boothroyd Primary Academy is a welcoming and inclusive school where pupils are valued as individuals and enjoy coming to school. Inspectors judged the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision to be good. The school has a strong start in early years, a high profile for reading, effective support for pupils with SEND, calm and orderly behaviour, improving attendance, and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities. Safeguarding arrangements are effective, and trustees and governors provide strong oversight and support. The school has addressed previous weaknesses in reading and has a clear commitment to helping all pupils, including those who speak English as an additional language, feel welcome and make progress. Pupils behave well, are kind to each other, and benefit from an inclusive culture that promotes equality and diversity. Staff appreciate the support from senior leaders and the professional development provided by the trust. There are still areas to improve. In mathematics, some activities do not build effectively on prior learning, and pupils' understanding is not always checked well enough. The teaching of vocabulary is not yet consistent across the curriculum, and assessment in some subjects does not identify gaps in pupils' learning as well as it could. The school's improving curriculum is not yet reflected consistently in outcomes across all subject areas. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and inspectors took the pandemic's impact into account.

Strengths

• Pupils are polite, confident and curious learners who enjoy school.
• Children get a strong start in early years and are keen readers.
• Reading has a high profile and is taught consistently well.
• Pupils new to English are well supported in the 'Welcome' room.
• Pupils with SEND are identified well and supported to access the full curriculum.
• Behaviour is calm and orderly, with clear expectations applied consistently.
• Attendance and punctuality have improved through support and work with families.
• The school has a welcoming and inclusive culture that promotes equality and diversity.
• A wide range of extra-curricular clubs and trips enrich pupils' experiences.
• Trustees and governors provide effective oversight and strong support.
• Staff appreciate senior leaders' support and trust-led professional development.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Some mathematics activities do not build on prior learning effectively, limiting pupils' understanding.
• The school does not always check pupils' understanding well enough in mathematics.
• The teaching of vocabulary is not consistent across the school and is not fully embedded.
• In some subjects, assessment does not identify gaps in pupils' learning well enough.
• The improving curriculum is not yet reflected consistently in outcomes across all subject areas.

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 Boothroyd Primary Academy attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.8% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Boothroyd 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 Boothroyd Primary Academy had 23.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.3% 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, 6.5% of pupils at Boothroyd Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.4% 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 Boothroyd Primary Academy received £7,277 and spent £7,201 for each of its 570 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £263,000 (£461 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Focus Academy Trust (Uk) Ltd, income was £7,160 and spending £6,808 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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All schools in Dewsbury · Kirklees local authority: places and applications

Boothroyd Primary Academy is part of Focus Academy Trust (Uk) Ltd, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Thornhill Junior and Infant School Dewsbury
• Birstall Primary Academy Batley
• Fieldhead Primary Academy Batley
• Shibden Head Primary Academy Bradford
• Thornton Primary School Bradford
• Wilsden Primary School Bradford
• Roundthorn Primary Academy Oldham
• Deeplish Primary Academy Rochdale
• Coppice Primary Academy Oldham
• Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School Oldham

What is Boothroyd Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Boothroyd Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Boothroyd Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Boothroyd Primary Academy was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Boothroyd Primary Academy have?

Boothroyd Primary Academy has 557 pupils on roll.

What age range does Boothroyd Primary Academy cover?

Boothroyd Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 41% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Boothroyd Primary Academy?

Boothroyd Primary Academy is at Temple Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 3QE.