# Meadow Bank Community School

Meadow Bank Community School is a primary school in Bradford, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 286 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E150872. [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 286
- Council: Bradford
- URN: 150872

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires improvement (overall), March 2023, before the school changed
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 13 March 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Requires improvement
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, 37% of pupils at Meadow Bank Community 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 | 37% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99 | 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

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

- [Co-op Academy Beckfield](https://openindex.co.uk/school/co-op-academy-beckfield-e145306): 960 m. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Laisterdyke Leadership Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/laisterdyke-leadership-academy-e142681): 980 m. Secondary. Good (overall), January 2023. Attainment 8 of 38.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Carrwood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/carrwood-primary-school-e149732): 990 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 30% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Co-op Academy Penny Oaks](https://openindex.co.uk/school/co-op-academy-penny-oaks-e149643): 1 km. Primary. Good (overall), December 2022, before the school changed. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thornbury-primary-leadership-academy-e145936): 1 km. Primary. Good (overall), September 2022. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bradford Forster Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bradford-forster-academy-e140429): 1.1 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 37.7 (2025/26, provisional)

## 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/150872)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/150872)

## How to cite

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