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Lady Royd Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 350 pupils Bradford
Ofsted: Good
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Lady Royd Primary School is a free schools in Bradford for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 350 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Lady Royd Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024 of its predecessor, Bradford Girls' Grammar School. In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It has fewer teachers for its size than most primary schools: 26.6 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Free schools
Age Range 4-11
Religion Unknown
Address Squire Lane
Bradford
BD9 6RB
Phone 01274905102
Reference Number 150969

General Makeup

Number of pupils 350
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 46%
Girls: 54%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 50%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 35.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.4
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 25 14 39
2 17 29 46
3 28 24 52
4 22 35 57
5 16 38 54
6 21 34 55

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Pakistani 80.9%
Asian, Other 7.1%
Unclassified 4%
Mixed, Other 2.6%
Indian 2%
White, British 0.9%
White & Asian 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%
White, Other 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Bradford Girls' Grammar School, inspected in November 2024.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 75%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 11%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 105

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 26 3
Third Preference 17 2
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Lady Royd Primary School had 354 pupils for 392 places. 38 places (9.7%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “BD8” planning area

Bradford counted 519 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 570 in 2029–30, up 10%.

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 Lady Royd Primary School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 3.2%
Unauthorised absence 2.5%
Severely absent pupils 0.9%

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 Lady Royd Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.6
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Lady Royd Primary School had 26.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 16.318.5
Teachers who left state teaching 7.3%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 70.0%–
Sick days per teacher 3.4–

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, 10.3% of pupils at Lady Royd Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 17 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 8 7
Social, emotional and mental health 5 0
Physical disability 1 2
Hearing impairment 1 1
Moderate learning difficulty 2 0
Multi-sensory impairment 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 0 1
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Lady Royd Primary School received £7,538 and spent £7,431 for each of its 349 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £232,000 (£663 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

2025
Revenue reserve £232,000
per pupil £663
In-year balance £37,000
per pupil £107

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.

Name Distance
St Edmund's Nursery School & Children's Centre
Washington Street, Bradford, BD8 9QW
0.33 miles
Girlington Primary School
Girlington Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 9NR
0.41 miles
Crossley Hall Academy
Thornton Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 0HJ
0.47 miles
St Philip's CofE Primary School
Whitby Terrace, Girlington, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 9JL
0.51 miles
Whetley Academy
Whetley Lane, Girlington, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 9HZ
0.54 miles
Margaret McMillan Primary School
Scotchman Road, Heaton, Margaret McMillan Primary School, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 5DF
0.56 miles
St William's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Young Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 9RG
0.59 miles
St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Scotchman Road, Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 5AT
0.6 miles
Carlton Mills
Scotchman Road, Manningham, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 5AT
0.6 miles
Lilycroft Nursery School
Lilycroft Road, Bradford, BD9 5AD
0.68 miles
Lilycroft Primary School
Lilycroft Road, Manningham, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 5AD
0.71 miles
Lidget Green Academy
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0.82 miles
Miriam Lord Primary School
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0.88 miles
Westbourne Primary School
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0.93 miles
Iqra Primary Academy
Drummond Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 8DA
0.96 miles
Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School
Rossefield Road, Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 4DA
1.03 miles
Atlas Community Primary School
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1.03 miles
Beckfoot Heaton Primary
Haworth Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 6LL
1.03 miles
Co-op Academy Princeville
Willowfield Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 2AH
1.04 miles
St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Saffron Drive, Allerton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD15 7NE
1.05 miles
Name Distance
Bradford Girls' Grammar School
Squire Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 6RB
0 miles
Prism Independent School
Walker Drive, Girlington, Bradford, BD8 9ES
0.63 miles
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford
Syedna Way, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 9AR
0.65 miles
Dixons Allerton Academy
Rhodesway, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 0DH
0.66 miles
St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Highgate, Heaton, Bradford, BD9 4BQ
0.87 miles
Dixons Kings Academy
Northside Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 2AN
0.95 miles
High Park School
Thorn Lane, Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 6RY
1.08 miles
Beckfoot Upper Heaton
Thorn Lane, Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 6AL
1.18 miles
The Home Study Project Co Pakistan Community and Neighbourhood Assoc
White Abbey Road, Bradford, BD8 8EJ
1.26 miles
Bradford Grammar School
1.31 miles
Belle Vue Girls' Academy
Thorn Lane, Bingley Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 6NA
1.32 miles
Beckfoot Thornton
Leaventhorpe Lane, Thornton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 3BH
1.34 miles
Al Mumin Primary and Secondary School
Clifton Street, Manningham, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 7DA
1.45 miles
Oasis Academy Lister Park
North Avenue, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 7ND
1.46 miles
Valley Academy
Cliffe Terrace, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 7DX
1.46 miles
Bradford College
Great Horton Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1AY
1.67 miles
Dixons McMillan Academy
Trinity Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5 0JD
1.74 miles
Bradford Christian School
Livingstone Road, Bolton Woods, Bradford, BD2 1BT
1.84 miles
Dixons Trinity Academy
Trinity Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5 0BE
1.86 miles
Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria
Thornton View Road, Clayton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD14 6JX
1.91 miles

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What is Lady Royd Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lady Royd Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024 of its predecessor, Bradford Girls' Grammar School.

How many pupils does Lady Royd Primary School have?

Lady Royd Primary School has 350 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lady Royd Primary School cover?

Lady Royd Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Lady Royd Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lady Royd Primary School?

Lady Royd Primary School is at Squire Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RB.

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