Westminster Church of England Primary Academy, Bradford

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The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care, from £1 per day.

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils at Westminster Church of England Primary Academy 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 were similar in 2024 (61% in reading, 65% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 48 families put Westminster Church of England Primary Academy as their first choice and 66 named it as one of their preferences, for 51 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 Westminster Church of England Primary Academy are Peel Park Primary School and Nursery (0.5 miles, Good, 72% reading, 71% maths); Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 93% reading, 93% maths); Byron Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 79% reading, 87% maths); and Green Lane Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 71% reading, 61% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Westminster Church of England Primary Academy.

Westminster Church of England Primary Academy is one of 21 schools run by Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

47.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 59.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (67%), Mixed (14%) and White British (6%).

Westminster Church of England Primary Academy had 18 teachers in 2026, one for every 24 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Bradford Foster Square Rail Station, about 870 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wapping Road (at), 210 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Westminster Church of England Primary Academy 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 1159 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Bradford (404), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Westminster Church of England Primary Academy issued 10 suspensions, 2.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Westminster Church of England Primary Academy are Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy (0.1 miles), Carlton Bolling (0.4 miles), Valley Academy (0.5 miles) and The Home Study Project Co Pakistan Community and Neighbourhood Assoc (0.8 miles).