Lidget Green Academy, Bradford

Ofsted's report card from its 2 June 2026 inspection grades Lidget Green Academy on 7 areas: 1 strong standard, 5 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Strong standard. "The early years provision gets children off to the best possible start in their learning."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders analyse attendance data closely to identify patterns and trends."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have made a significant number of changes to the curriculum in recent years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have high expectations of all pupils."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are role models of high expectations."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The personal, social and health education programme is mapped comprehensively and appropriately across the school."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils' achievement in national tests and assessments at the end of key stage 2 is significantly below the national average for all pupils and for disadvantaged pupils."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that improvements to the curriculum and teaching are realised in pupils' achievement across the full curriculum and in outcomes in national tests and assessments"; "Leaders should continue to drive strategies to improve attendance to ensure that all pupils attend school regularly"; "Leaders should further develop the impact of strategies to support the workload and wellbeing of all staff".

From the headteacher's welcome: "On behalf of all the staff, pupils and Trustees I would like to wish you a very warm welcome to Lidget Green Primary School. Lidget Green Primary School is a thriving, large primary school which serves a diverse and supportive local community."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, multi-sports, drama, choir and maths club.

The school runs a breakfast club.

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils at Lidget Green Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 53% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 73% in Bradford and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 70% in reading and 74% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 41 families put Lidget Green Academy as their first choice and 76 named it as one of their preferences, for 43 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Lidget Green Academy are St William's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 70% reading, 70% maths); Crossley Hall Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 65% reading, 65% maths); Horton Grange Primary School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 58% reading, 62% maths); and Co-op Academy Princeville (0.6 miles, Good, 53% reading, 60% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Lidget Green Academy.

Lidget Green Academy is one of 18 schools run by Impact Education Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

39.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 69.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (75%), Mixed (8%) and other ethnic groups (5%).

In 2026, 63 pupils (12.4%) received SEN support and 38 (7.5%) 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.

Lidget Green Academy has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 22 places, 23 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Bradford Forster Square Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cemetery Road Glendare Rd (adjacent), 150 metres away.

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

In 2024/25, Lidget Green Academy issued 7 suspensions, 1.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Lidget Green Academy are Dixons Kings Academy (0.2 miles); Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford (0.6 miles); Bradford Girls' Grammar School (0.8 miles); and Dixons Allerton Academy (0.9 miles).