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Our Lady and St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

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personMrs Sarah Delany

corporate_fareBLESSED CHRISTOPHER WHARTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

location_onBradford, BD10 0QA

language Visit Website phone 1274611992

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Ofsted

Requires improvement

Inspected 2023

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Students

193

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Expected Standard

46%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Our Lady and St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a Academy converter primary school in Bradford, serving ages 4-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards. Ranks in the top 87% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Our Lady and St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is an academy converter in Bradford, admitting pupils aged 4-11. It is part of BLESSED CHRISTOPHER WHARTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 194 pupils on roll, of whom 37% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 4% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #84 of 156 primaries in Bradford and #7,932 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2023. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 21.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.3 per 1,000 pupils per term.

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Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

46%

LA 60%

Reading54% LA 73%

Writing50% LA 70%

Maths63% LA 71%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

58%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading68% LA 71% · Eng 74%

Writing81% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths71% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

46%

LA 57%England 60%

Reading54% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Writing68% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths68% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3.7

Read

LA -0.6

-6.1 to -1.3

-2.2

Write

LA 0.1

-4.5 to 0.2

-0.7

Maths

LA -0.1

-3.0 to 1.6

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

27 September 2023

Inspection Report

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06 November 2020

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2023-09-27

S5 Inspection EIF

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2019-10-10

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2 EIF

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Requires improvement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2017-06-21

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

0.5%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.5%(1 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 194 pupils. During this period, there were 1 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.5%, 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)	194	1	0.5%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	193	0	0.0%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	199	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	197	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	191	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	191	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	193	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	193	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	197	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	194	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	192	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	188	1	0.5%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	187	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	187	0	0.0%	0.4%

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 17 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 6 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 5 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 4 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 3 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Multi-Sensory Impairment 1 pupils