Low Ash Primary School, Shipley
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The school provides a strong start in Early Years where children make good progress, and reading skills are developing well with regular guided reading sessions. The new leadership team is working to improve teaching quality and pupil achievement. The school effectively supports pupils with special educational needs and uses additional pupil premium funding to help disadvantaged pupils close attainment gaps.
Key Strengths
- Early Years (Nursery and Reception) provides a good start with increasingly good pupil progress
- New leadership team has introduced strategies bringing improvements in teaching and achievement
- Active governors who understand school performance and hold the school to account
- Disabled pupils and those with special educational needs are well supported and make good progress
- Reading progress is accelerating across the school with appropriate guided reading sessions
Areas for Improvement
- Too few pupils reach expected standards by end of Year 6, particularly in mathematics
- Teaching quality is inconsistent and does not always challenge all pupils, especially the most able
- Pupils lack opportunities to write at length across different subjects and apply maths skills to real-life problems
- Marking, especially in mathematics, does not clearly show pupils how to improve their work
- Boisterous behaviour outside the classroom makes some pupils feel unsafe
Safeguarding
Safeguarding procedures have been reviewed through scrutiny of documentation relating to child protection and behaviour, though the report does not explicitly state whether safeguarding is effective or not effective.
Extracurricular Activities
breakfast club, educational visits
Low Ash Primary School is a larger than average primary school that requires improvement after being rated good at the previous inspection. Achievement, teaching quality, behaviour, and leadership have all declined since the last review.
At a Glance
19.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
137 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 88% to 84%. Maths has declined from 93% to 82%. Writing has declined from 83% to 77%.
Class Sizes
25.9
Avg class size
30.0
Infant (KS1)
29.0
KS2
16
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
114%
Over capacity
478 pupils
420 capacity
58 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Shipley
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Shipley
Admissions Demand - Bradford
Places available
7,695
Applications
6,195
Got 1st preference
95.3%
Got preferred school
99.0%
Primary admissions across Bradford (2025/26)
Inspection History(9)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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Teachers & Staff
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.84212%
Overall absence
9.02062%
Persistent absence
388
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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