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St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMr Ben Lavin

corporate_fareBLESSED CHRISTOPHER WHARTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

location_onBradford, BD6 1SR

language Visit Website phone 1274677705

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2019

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Students

415

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Expected Standard

51%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a Academy converter primary school in Bradford, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 80% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is an academy converter in Bradford, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of BLESSED CHRISTOPHER WHARTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 397 pupils on roll, of whom 22% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 51% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #95 of 156 primaries in Bradford and #8,835 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2019. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 21.2:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.1 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

51%

LA 60%

Reading65% LA 73%

Writing68% LA 70%

Maths61% LA 71%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

57%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading73% LA 71% · Eng 74%

Writing77% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths71% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 57%England 60%

Reading72% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Writing78% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths81% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.6

Read

LA -0.6

-3.3 to 0.1

-1.3

Write

LA 0.1

-2.9 to 0.3

-0.1

Maths

LA -0.1

-1.7 to 1.5

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

62%

LA 62%England 65%

Reading74% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Writing71% LA 76% · Eng 78%

Maths86% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.1

Read

LA 0.4

-1.5 to 1.7

-2.1

Write

LA 0.6

-3.6 to -0.7

2.4

Maths

LA 0.8

1.0 to 3.8

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 60%

Reading78% LA 71%

Writing78% LA 75%

Maths84% LA 73%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.7

Read

LA 0.2

-0.9 to 2.3

-0.3

Write

LA 0.7

-1.8 to 1.2

2.5

Maths

LA 0.8

1.1 to 3.9

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

11 February 2025

Inspection Report

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03 April 2019

Inspection Report

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06 October 2016

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2019-04-03

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2013-03-13

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2011-04-11

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 397 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	397	0	0.0%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	401	1	0.2%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	414	1	0.2%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	410	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	405	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	415	11	2.7%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	415	4	1.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	425	4	0.9%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	436	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	436	3	0.7%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	440	4	0.9%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	441	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	442	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	444	1	0.2%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	450	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	450	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	451	4	0.9%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	455	3	0.7%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	454	4	0.9%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	453	2	0.4%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	451	4	0.9%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	457	1	0.2%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	456	1	0.2%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 23 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 6 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 5 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 2 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 2 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils