Primary school

Lower Fields Primary Academy

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  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Bradford
  • BD4 8RG
Ofsted Good · inspected Mar 2018

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,109 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 21%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 92%92%2016/17: top 95%2017/18: top 84%2018/19: top 93%2022/23: top 97%2023/24: top 29%2024/25: top 21%No exams

Against Yorkshire and The HumberArrows: Yorkshire and The Humber rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM76% · Yorkshire and The Humber 64%8/10 Above+71.8 pts
Higher standard, RWM5% · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%4/10 Below+40 pts
Reading score104 · Yorkshire and The Humber 1053/10 Below+12.2 pts
Maths score102 · Yorkshire and The Humber 104.52/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 29% · 58 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 50%2016/17: 33% · 60 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 60%2017/18: 50% · 60 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 65%2018/19: 44% · 57 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 66%2022/23: 30% · 60 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 60%2023/24: 71% · 55 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 62%2024/25: 76% · 55 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 64%76%29%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 2% · 58 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 3%2016/17: 3% · 60 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 7%2017/18: 5% · 60 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 7%2018/19: 0% · 57 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 8%2022/23: 0% · 60 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%2023/24: 4% · 55 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%2024/25: 5% · 55 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%5%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 97 · 58 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1022016/17: 99 · 60 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1032017/18: 104 · 60 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052018/19: 101 · 57 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042022/23: 100 · 60 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052023/24: 103 · 55 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052024/25: 104 · 55 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 10510497No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 98 · 58 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1032016/17: 102 · 60 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042017/18: 104 · 60 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042018/19: 103 · 57 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052022/23: 98 · 60 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042023/24: 103 · 55 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042024/25: 102 · 55 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 104.510498No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
42 of 42 who put it first2014 · 89.7%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st4242
2nd61
3rd100

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Goodas predecessor
  3. 2014Goodas predecessor
  4. 2018Goodas predecessor
  5. 2023Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

1 weak areas

  • Early years provision

5 areas graded · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026395
Free school meals (past 6 years)40.0%
First language not English29.5%
SEN support16.7%
EHC plan3.1%
Absence (sessions missed)7.8%
Persistently absent pupils27.9%

Girls 48.9%Boys 51.1%

88.6% full · 446 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher22.9
Pupils per adult10.4
  • Classroom teachers 13.4
  • Leadership 3
  • Teaching assistants 16.3
  • Other support 7.8

Teachers 16.4 FTE · Whole workforce 40.5 · 52 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£5,076
Spend per pupil£6,367
Staff spend per pupil£4,838
Reserve per pupil£496
  • +£200,000revenue reserve
  • −£521,000in-year balance

Grants £7,152 · self-generated £64 · premises £362 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST (57 academies) · trust reserve £30,739,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it