Lady Royd Primary School

Primary · Free schools · Mixed · Bradford

Squire Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RB

Website 01274905102

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

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No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

94.3%

14.9% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

350

Capacity used

Has space

89%

392 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

42 of 42 families who put it first got an offer

Places offered

Total applications

2.1

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)	Applications	Offers	Success
1st preference	42	42	● 100%
2nd preference	25	2	● 8%
3rd preference	11	0	● 0%
Later preferences (4th–5th)	18	0	● 0%
Total	96	44	46%

Bradford lets families list 5 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type: Free schools
Phase: Primary
Age range: 4–11
Gender: Mixed
Sixth form: No
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Boarding: No boarders
Headteacher: Chris Tolson
Address: Squire Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RB
Phone: 01274905102
Local authority: Bradford
Ward / constituency: Toller · Bradford West
Area: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN: 150969

Gov.uk school record Performance tables

Pupils

Measure	School	LA	England
Free school meals	50%	—	—
English as additional language	—	—	—
SEN support	—	—	—

46% boys (161)54% girls (189)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: BRADFORD DIOCESAN ACADEMIES TRUST

350 pupils · 392 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).

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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 323 pupils

Attendance

94.3%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

5.7%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

14.9%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.9%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

2.5%

Absences the school didn't approve

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard75%

+13% vs England

Higher standard11%

+3% vs England

Reading

Expected standard85%

+10% vs England

Higher standard49%

+16% vs England

Average score107

+1 vs England

Writing

Expected standard76%

+4% vs England

Greater depth18%

+5% vs England

Maths

Expected standard78%

+4% vs England

Higher standard35%

+9% vs England

Average score105

+0 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard85%

+12% vs England

Higher standard45%

+15% vs England

Average score108

+3 vs England

Science

Expected standard91%

+9% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)	75%	61%
Higher standard	11%	8%

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.