Southmere Primary Academy

Southmere Primary Academy has been assessed as a good school overall, with significant strengths particularly in the realm of personal development where it excels, earning an outstanding rating. The school fosters a welcoming and engaging atmosphere, ensuring that pupils feel safe and supported. Leaders prioritize consistent high expectations for student achievement, which is reflected in the ambitious curriculum designed across various subjects. However, leaders recognize the need for further development in the early years curriculum, which currently lacks clarity in the knowledge and skills children should acquire, potentially hindering their readiness for the next stage in their education.

Strengths

• Pupils display warmth and kindness to visitors.
• Leaders have high ambitions for all pupils and know them well.
• The school environment is vibrant, safe, and engaging.
• Pupils behave well consistently and understand consequences.
• Effective teaching of reading with expert staff.
• A rich early years environment focusing on language development.
• High levels of engagement in extracurricular activities.
• Strong commitment to supporting pupils with SEND.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers occasionally provide activities that do not engage all pupils.
• The early years curriculum lacks clarity in sequential learning.

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 Southmere Primary Academy attended 91.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 31.8% 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, 3.5% of pupils at Southmere Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Southmere Primary Academy had 24.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.4% 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, 13.0% of pupils at Southmere Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% 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 Southmere Primary Academy received £7,391 and spent £7,046 for each of its 371 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £444,000 (£1,199 per pupil).

Across all 62 schools of Delta Academies Trust, income was £7,459 and spending £7,562 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 Bradford · Bradford local authority: places and applications

Southmere Primary Academy is part of Delta Academies Trust, which runs 62 schools. The nearest others:

• Whetley Academy Bradford
• Valley Academy Bradford
• Lower Fields Primary Academy Bradford
• Ryecroft Primary Academy Bradford
• Hanson Academy Bradford
• Greengates Primary Academy Bradford
• Heckmondwike Primary Academy Heckmondwike
• Eastborough Academy Dewsbury
• Manor Croft Academy Dewsbury
• Park View Primary Academy Leeds

What is Southmere Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Southmere Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Southmere Primary Academy was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Southmere Primary Academy have?

Southmere Primary Academy has 322 pupils on roll.

What age range does Southmere Primary Academy cover?

Southmere Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Southmere Primary Academy?

Southmere Primary Academy is at Ewart Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 3NR.