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

46%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

194

Pupils · 2024/25

37%

EAL · 2024/25

24%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

46%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

194

Pupils · 2024/25

37%

EAL · 2024/25

24%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

46%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

194

Pupils · 2024/25

37%

EAL · 2024/25

24%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

Ofsted inspection · 27/09/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityBradford

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio21.4:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

Overview of Our Lady and St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy · Primary · Bradford

Part ofBLESSED CHRISTOPHER WHARTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2022/23

RWM expected standard

46%

-12pp

58%52%46%

'23'24'25

'25 · 46%

RWM higher standard

-2pp

6%3%0%

'23'24'25

'25 · 4%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

54%

Reading higher standard

25%

Writing expected standard

50%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

63%

Maths higher standard

17%

Science expected standard

58%

SPAG expected standard

42%

SPAG higher standard

13%

Reading scaled score

100.0

Maths scaled score

101.0

GPS scaled score

99.0

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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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

194

Pupil : teacher ratio

21.4

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

37%

FSM eligible

37%

SEN

21%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

24%

Contact

Address

Bank, Idle, Bradford, BD10 0QA

Local authority

Bradford

Website

www.ourladyandstbrendans.co.uk/

Telephone

01274611992

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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	46%	4%	54%	25%	50%	8%	63%	17%	58%	42%	100.0	101.0	99.0	—	—	—	21%	194
2023/24	58%	6%	68%	19%	81%	19%	71%	19%	81%	61%	103.0	103.0	101.0	—	—	—	19%	197
2022/23	46%	0%	54%	7%	68%	0%	68%	0%	64%	68%	101.0	102.0	101.0	-3.70	-2.20	-0.70	21%	193

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	194	24.3	21%	37%	37%	7%	24%
2023/24	197	22.2	19%	41%	38%	7%	18%
2022/23	193	19.5	21%	41%	39%	7%	23%
2021/22	194	21.6	12%	38%	34%	7%	24%
2020/21	187	18.7	17%	37%	29%	—	—