Green Lane Primary School, Bradford

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In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils at Green Lane Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 61% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 73% in Bradford and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 49% in reading and 56% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 54 families put Green Lane Primary School as their first choice and 121 named it as one of their preferences, for 55 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Green Lane Primary School are Dixons Manningham Academy (under 0.1 miles, Good, 73% reading, 75% maths); Atlas Community Primary School (0.2 miles, Requires improvement, 72% reading, 66% maths); Iqra Primary Academy (0.3 miles, Good, 55% reading, 56% maths); and Miriam Lord Primary School (0.4 miles, 69% reading, 78% maths).

Green Lane Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Green Lane Primary School is one of 6 schools run by The Priestley Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

18 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Green Lane Primary School (as of September 2025): 78% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 92% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (94%); the weakest, that the school supports their child's wider development (72%).

36.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 76.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (76%) and Black (10%).

In 2026, 70 pupils (13.5%) received SEN support and 52 (10%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Green Lane Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 36 places, 30 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Bradford Forster Square Rail Station, about 1060 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Picton Street (at), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Green Lane Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 1210 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Bradford (404), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Green Lane Primary School issued 8 suspensions, 1.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Green Lane Primary School are The Home Study Project Co Pakistan Community and Neighbourhood Assoc (0.2 miles); Valley Academy (0.3 miles); Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford (0.7 miles); and Oasis Academy Lister Park (0.8 miles).