East Morton CofE Primary School

East Morton CofE Primary School is a well-led, inclusive Church of England school within Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust. Inspectors found pupils achieving well above national averages in reading, writing and mathematics, with strong early years provision, effective support for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils, and a broad personal development and enrichment offer. Safeguarding standards are met. Leadership and governance are strong: staff value the training and support they receive, governors and the trust provide effective oversight, and parents speak highly of the school. Attendance is a strength, behaviour is typically calm and respectful, and pupils say bullying is not tolerated. Phonics and reading are taught consistently well, and the wider curriculum is carefully sequenced. The main areas for improvement are in some wider curriculum lessons, where teaching is variable and tasks are not always matched closely enough to the intended learning or to what pupils already know. Pupils occasionally do not meet the school’s high behaviour expectations when moving between indoor and outdoor areas. Leaders should further support staff to make consistent, highly effective choices about what, when and how to teach in wider subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well above national averages in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Early years provision is strong, with high expectations and a precisely planned curriculum.
• Pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils are identified quickly and supported effectively.
• Leadership and governance are effective, with strong staff development and trust oversight.
• The personal development offer is broad, including pupil parliament roles, TRIBE and enrichment.
• Attendance is a strength, with low overall and persistent absence.
• Pupils behave well in lessons and build respectful relationships with staff and each other.
• Phonics and reading are taught consistently well, building fluency across the school.
• The wider curriculum is well planned and sequenced, with pupils learning subject-specific vocabulary.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture of safeguarding.

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching remains variable in some wider curriculum lessons.
• Some tasks are not matched closely enough to the intended learning or to pupils’ prior knowledge.
• Pupils occasionally do not meet behaviour expectations when moving between indoor and outdoor areas.
• Leaders should further support staff to make consistent, highly effective curriculum choices in wider subjects.

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 East Morton CofE Primary School attended 96.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.2% 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, 0.4% of pupils at East Morton CofE 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 East Morton CofE Primary School had 20.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 5.8% of pupils at East Morton CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.9% 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 East Morton CofE Primary School received £6,581 and spent £6,828 for each of its 227 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £92,000 (£407 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust, income was £8,537 and spending £8,479 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

East Morton CofE Primary School is part of Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Wycliffe CofE Primary School Shipley
• Cullingworth Village Primary School Bradford
• Belle Vue Girls' Academy Bradford
• Baildon Church of England Primary School Shipley
• Shipley CofE Primary School Shipley
• Christ Church Church of England Academy Shipley
• Bradford Girls' Grammar School Bradford
• Lady Royd Primary School Bradford
• The Academy At St. James Bradford
• St Philip's CofE Primary School Bradford

What is East Morton CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for East Morton CofE Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in October 2026.

When was East Morton CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

East Morton CofE Primary School was last inspected in October 2026.

How many pupils does East Morton CofE Primary School have?

East Morton CofE Primary School has 224 pupils on roll.

What age range does East Morton CofE Primary School cover?

East Morton CofE Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are East Morton CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is East Morton CofE Primary School?

East Morton CofE Primary School is at Street Lane, East Morton, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 5SE.