Green Lane Primary School

Green Lane Primary School is performing well across all inspected areas. Pupils are happy, feel safe and behave well, and relationships between staff and pupils are warm and caring. The school has a clear ambition for pupils to achieve well, and recent curriculum improvements are having a positive impact, although provisional key stage 2 published results do not yet reflect this. Reading and phonics are particular strengths, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported, including through the school’s specially resourced provisions. The early years provision is strong, with children benefiting from a calm, nurturing environment and a wide range of indoor and outdoor learning opportunities. Personal development is well considered, covering health, relationships, British values and mental health, and attendance is improving because leaders are vigilant in challenging and supporting families where needed. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school is part of The Priestley Academy Trust and has experienced a period of instability and decline in standards. Leadership has since been strengthened, including through a new headteacher and executive headteacher, and staff morale has risen significantly. Leaders and trust representatives have an accurate understanding of the school’s strengths and priorities, and the school is now stabilised and rapidly improving. The main area for further work is to ensure gaps in pupils’ knowledge are consistently identified across all curriculum areas so that knowledge builds securely over time.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, feel safe and behave well in lessons and at social times.
• Reading and phonics are taught highly effectively, with skilled staff and strong support for pupils who need extra help.
• The curriculum has been redeveloped and is carefully sequenced from early years to Year 6.
• Pupils develop fluency in mathematics, with regular opportunities to recall prior learning and address gaps.
• Pupils with SEND are identified effectively and benefit from well-considered support, including specialist provision.
• Early years provision offers rich indoor and outdoor learning, and children concentrate well and play together successfully.
• Personal development is well planned, covering health, relationships, British values and mental health.
• Attendance is improving over time because leaders are vigilant and provide effective challenge and support.
• Trust and school leaders have an accurate understanding of strengths and priorities and a clear strategy for improvement.
• Staff morale has increased significantly, and staff are proud to work at the school.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• In some curriculum areas, gaps in pupils’ knowledge are not consistently identified, so pupils’ knowledge builds less securely over time.
• Provisional key stage 2 published results do not yet reflect the recent improvements to 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 Green Lane Primary School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.3% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Green Lane 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 Green Lane Primary School had 16.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.1% 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, 13.5% of pupils at Green Lane Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 21 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 Green Lane Primary School received £8,282 and spent £7,800 for each of its 542 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £759,000 (£1,401 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of The Priestley Academy Trust, income was £7,302 and spending £7,124 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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Green Lane Primary School is part of The Priestley Academy Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Atlas Community Primary School Bradford
• Miriam Lord Primary School Bradford
• Westbourne Primary School Bradford
• Lilycroft Primary School Bradford
• Margaret McMillan Primary School Bradford

What is Green Lane Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Green Lane Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Green Lane Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Green Lane Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Green Lane Primary School have?

Green Lane Primary School has 518 pupils on roll.

What age range does Green Lane Primary School cover?

Green Lane Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Green Lane Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Green Lane Primary School?

Green Lane Primary School is at Green Lane, Manningham, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 8HT.