Worthinghead Primary School, Bradford

Ofsted's report card from its 9 June 2026 inspection grades Worthinghead Primary School on 7 areas: 1 expected standard and 6 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed a programme that effectively supports pupils' personal development."

Achievement - Needs attention. "As a result of some weaknesses in teaching, many pupils have gaps in their knowledge."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Leaders have established routines and strategies to check and challenge attendance and persistent absence."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders have high ambitions for a well-sequenced and coherent curriculum."

Early years - Needs attention. "Children in the early years benefit from positive relationships with staff."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Leaders demonstrate a commitment to inclusion."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "The school is going through a period of significant change in staffing."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that all pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities or other barriers to learning receive the support they need to help them access lessons successfully"; "Leaders should ensure that staff teach the curriculum to a consistently high standard across the school so that all pupils achieve well"; "Leaders should ensure that all staff consistently apply and reinforce the school's expectations for behaviour to reduce low-level disruption in lessons"; "Leaders should ensure that staff use assessment effectively to check what pupils know and remember and to design lesson activities that meet pupils' needs"; "Leaders should continue to ensure that they support staff in the early years to consistently promote language and learning through high-quality interactions and activities"; "Leaders, including those responsible for governance, should continue to check that the actions they take have the intended impact on pupils' learning and development".

The school runs after-school care, from £1.00 per day.

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils at Worthinghead Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 62% 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 60% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 32 families put Worthinghead Primary School as their first choice and 60 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 4 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Worthinghead Primary School are Shirley Manor Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 48% reading, 41% maths); Scholes Village Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 71% reading, 68% maths); Low Moor CofE Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 79% reading, 73% maths); and Hill Top CofE Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 71% reading, 75% maths).

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

2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (91%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 25 pupils (12.3%) received SEN support and 15 (7.4%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Low Moor Rail Station, about 1180 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Worthinghead School (at), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 110 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bradford (404).

Worthinghead Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Worthinghead Primary School are Appleton Academy (0.5 miles); Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy (1.6 miles); and Lightcliffe Academy (1.7 miles).