Worth Valley Primary School

Worth Valley Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all key areas, including quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. As a newly inspected school, it has demonstrated a strong commitment to raising educational standards and fostering a sense of community and pride among pupils and staff. Under the leadership of a dedicated headteacher, the school has implemented a new curriculum that enhances both teaching quality and pupil engagement, particularly in reading.

Strengths

• Warm and welcoming school environment.
• Strong leadership with high aspirations for pupils.
• Well-planned curriculum in some subjects.
• Effective teaching with strong subject knowledge.
• High priority given to the teaching of reading.
• Good pupil behaviour and respectful relationships.
• Strong support for students with special educational needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum is not yet coherently planned and sequenced in some subjects.
• Quality of teaching is inconsistent across subjects.
• Attendance rates need further improvement.

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 Worth Valley Primary School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.1% 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 Worth Valley 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 Worth Valley Primary School had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.2% 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, 12.8% of pupils at Worth Valley Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 9 pupils.

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 Worth Valley Primary School received £9,103 and spent £9,135 for each of its 224 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £76,000 (£341 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Leading Learners Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,741 and spending £8,045 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 Keighley · Bradford local authority: places and applications

Worth Valley Primary School is part of Leading Learners Multi Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Reevy Hill Primary School Bradford
• Woodside Academy Bradford
• Carrwood Primary School Bradford
• Tyldesley Primary School Manchester
• Mendell Primary School Wirral
• Manor Primary School Wirral
• Chapelhill Primary School Wirral
• Overchurch Junior School Wirral
• Brookdale Primary School Wirral

What is Worth Valley Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Worth Valley Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Worth Valley Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Worth Valley Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Worth Valley Primary School have?

Worth Valley Primary School has 242 pupils on roll.

What age range does Worth Valley Primary School cover?

Worth Valley Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Worth Valley Primary School?

Worth Valley Primary School is at Bracken Bank Crescent, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD22 7AX.