Miriam Lord Primary School

Miriam Lord Primary School is a happy, inclusive and closely knit school where pupils feel a deep sense of belonging. Inspectors found safeguarding to be met and judged attendance and behaviour, inclusion, and personal development and well-being to be strong. Pupils' behaviour is exemplary, attendance has improved through close work with families, and leaders place inclusion at the heart of the school. Pupils with SEND, disadvantaged pupils and pupils who speak English as an additional language are well supported, including through tailored provision and a resourced ASD classroom. Pastoral support is a particular strength, and pupils value leadership roles and enrichment opportunities such as the radio station. Achievement, curriculum and teaching, early years, and leadership and governance are judged at the expected standard. By the end of key stage 2, outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics are typically close to national averages, and disadvantaged pupils sometimes outperform national averages for disadvantaged pupils. However, pupils do not consistently reach the expected standard in the Year 1 phonics check or the Year 4 multiplication check. The wider curriculum has improved but task design does not yet consistently help pupils secure subject-specific knowledge, and early years interactions are not always consistently strong enough to extend children's language and communication, including for those with SEND. The school serves a diverse community with well-above-average levels of deprivation and a well-above-average proportion of pupils with EHC plans. It is part of The Priestley Academy Trust, and governance and staff support are described positively. Leaders know the school well and are taking appropriate action on the identified next steps.

Strengths

• Exemplary pupil behaviour and a highly positive culture of respect
• Strong inclusion with tailored support for pupils with SEND, including a resourced ASD provision
• Close tracking of attendance and effective work with families that has improved rates
• Highly effective pastoral support for pupils and families
• Strong personal development, with pupils confident about safety, fairness and difference
• Effective use of pupil premium to support disadvantaged pupils
• Broad and ambitious curriculum with reading as a clear priority
• Well-managed mixed-year classes
• Positive early years provision with warm relationships and strong support for emerging SEND
• Supportive leadership and governance, with staff valuing professional learning and workload consideration

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils do not consistently attain the expected standard in the Year 1 phonics check
• Pupils do not consistently attain the expected standard in the Year 4 multiplication check
• Task design in some wider curriculum subjects does not yet consistently secure subject-specific knowledge
• Early years interactions are not consistently high quality enough to extend children's language and communication, including for pupils with SEND

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 Miriam Lord Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.1% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Miriam Lord 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 Miriam Lord Primary School had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.9% 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, 7.3% of pupils at Miriam Lord Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 13 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 Miriam Lord Primary School received £7,228 and spent £6,997 for each of its 368 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £323,000 (£878 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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Miriam Lord Primary School is part of The Priestley Academy Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Westbourne Primary School Bradford
• Lilycroft Primary School Bradford
• Atlas Community Primary School Bradford
• Green Lane Primary School Bradford
• Margaret McMillan Primary School Bradford

What is Miriam Lord Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Miriam Lord Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in January 2026.

When was Miriam Lord Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Miriam Lord Primary School was last inspected in January 2026.

How many pupils does Miriam Lord Primary School have?

Miriam Lord Primary School has 370 pupils on roll.

What age range does Miriam Lord Primary School cover?

Miriam Lord Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Miriam Lord Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Miriam Lord Primary School?

Miriam Lord Primary School is at Bavaria Place, Manningham, Bavaria Place, Manningham, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 8RG.