# Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy

Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy is a primary school in Bradford, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 520 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E142836. [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 520
- Council: Bradford
- URN: 142836

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, June 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 18 June 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 92% of pupils at Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Bradford and 62% in England.
15% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Bradford | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 92% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 15% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Byron Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/byron-primary-school-e144050): 430 m. Primary. School remains Good, October 2022. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Carlton Bolling](https://openindex.co.uk/school/carlton-bolling-e147100): 510 m. Secondary. School remains Outstanding, May 2023. Attainment 8 of 43.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Co-op Academy Delius](https://openindex.co.uk/school/co-op-academy-delius-e147117): 650 m. Special. School remains Good, September 2023
- [Lift Feversham](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lift-feversham-e138867): 650 m. Primary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [School of Rock & Media Ltd](https://openindex.co.uk/school/school-of-rock-and-media-ltd-e152807): 660 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Co-op Academy Penny Oaks](https://openindex.co.uk/school/co-op-academy-penny-oaks-e149643): 780 m. Primary. Good (overall), December 2022, before the school changed. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/142836)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142836)

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