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Baildon Glen Primary School

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personMrs Kirsty Hutchinson

corporate_fareEXCEED ACADEMIES TRUST

location_onShipley, BD17 7LY

language Visit Website phone 1274582514

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Ofsted

Inadequate

Inspected 2025

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Students

176

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Expected Standard

29%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Baildon Glen Primary School is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Shipley, serving ages 3-11. Currently rated Inadequate by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 98% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Baildon Glen Primary School is an academy sponsor led in Shipley, Bradford, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of EXCEED ACADEMIES TRUST. The school has approximately 155 pupils on roll, of whom 50% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 29% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 4% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #154 of 156 primaries in Bradford and #13,738 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Inadequate. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

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

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 7.4 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

29%

LA 60%

Reading39% LA 73%

Writing46% LA 70%

Maths46% LA 71%

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Maths SS

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Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

21%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading31% LA 71% · Eng 74%

Writing69% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths55% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

50%

LA 57%England 60%

Reading63% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Writing67% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths63% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-4.5

Read

LA -0.6

-7.1 to -1.8

-3.8

Write

LA 0.1

-6.3 to -1.3

-2.8

Maths

LA -0.1

-5.3 to -0.3

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

07 May 2025

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2025-05-07

Academy First Section 5 EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2021-06-11

Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1 EIF

Inadequate

Education

Inadequate

Behaviour

Inadequate

Development

Requires improvement

Leadership

Inadequate

2019-11-19

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Requires improvement

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

3.2%per term

warning Above Average

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.9%(3 pupils)

Spring term 2025

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

Permanent Exclusions

1pupils

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National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 155 pupils. During this period, there were 5 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 3.2%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	155	5	3.2%	0.8%	1
2024/25 (Autumn term)	155	18	11.6%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	173	2	1.2%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	171	5	2.9%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	167	6	3.6%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	179	3	1.7%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	176	9	5.1%	0.6%	4
2022/23 (Autumn term)	173	26	15.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	182	7	3.8%	0.5%	0

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.

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 15 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 14 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 14 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 7 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 6 pupils

Physical Disability 3 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 2 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 1 pupils