Ofsted inspection · 10/10/2024
Overview of Merlin Top Primary Academy · Primary · Bradford
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 82% | 11% | 82% | 34% | 89% | 16% | 91% | 43% | 91% | 82% | 107.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 | — | — | — | 24% | 331 |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 0% | 75% | 18% | 82% | 2% | 84% | 27% | 80% | 64% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 102.0 | — | — | — | 24% | 333 |
| 2022/23 | 68% | 2% | 73% | 23% | 75% | 11% | 80% | 7% | 80% | 75% | 104.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 | +0.20 | +1.30 | +0.90 | 19% | 346 |
| 2018/19 | 63% | 2% | 70% | 14% | 67% | 9% | 65% | 16% | 63% | 67% | 101.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 | +1.90 | +2.60 | +1.00 | 27% | 337 |
| 2017/18 | 67% | 4% | 73% | 20% | 71% | 7% | 76% | 24% | 76% | 80% | 105.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 | +3.50 | +1.50 | +3.90 | 40% | 350 |
| 2016/17 | 47% | 0% | 53% | 12% | 65% | 0% | 63% | 7% | 67% | 56% | 101.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 | -2.70 | -0.60 | -2.20 | 13% | 363 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 331 | 28.0 | 24% | 16% | 55% | 6% | 18% |
| 2023/24 | 333 | 25.6 | 24% | 16% | 59% | 6% | 16% |
| 2022/23 | 346 | 29.7 | 19% | 16% | 61% | 6% | 17% |
| 2021/22 | 332 | 20.7 | 18% | 14% | 62% | 6% | 22% |
| 2020/21 | 317 | 18.5 | 24% | 13% | 59% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 337 | 18.6 | 27% | 17% | 59% | 4% | 10% |
| 2017/18 | 350 | 17.9 | 40% | 18% | 62% | 4% | 10% |
| 2016/17 | 363 | 18.2 | 13% | 18% | 63% | 5% | 15% |
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