Ley Top Primary School
Primary schoolLey Top Primary School is a primary school in Bradford, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 338 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement
- Inspection
- Report card, 14 April 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 40% of pupils at Ley Top Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Bradford and 62% in England.
0% 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 | 40% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 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
In a straight line- St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)210 m
- Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)330 m
- The Academy At St. JamesPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)560 m
- Dixons Allerton AcademyAll-through. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)770 m
- Beckfoot ThorntonSecondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding not met, special measures. Attainment 8 of 34.0 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Crossley Hall AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bradford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).