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Primary · BD4 · Bradford

Meadow Bank Community School

Fearnville Drive, Bradford, BD4 8DX

NORTHERN STAR ACADEMIES TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Requires improvement

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedRequires improvement
Attendance90.5%
Attainment37% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsAbout average
Pupils348

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Requires improvement

Inspection history

Improved from Inadequate (10 Jan 2018).

  1. Previous gradedInadequate

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in BD4. Where we have them, council (Bradford) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
348
Free school meals
56.1%
12.4% above district average (43.7%)

Also: Bradford 27.5% · England 24.7%

SEN
23.3%
2.9% below district average (26.2%)

Also: Bradford 18.4% · England 18.2%

EAL
33.2%
8.6% above district average (24.6%)
Attendance
90.5%
2.2% below district average (92.7%)

Also: Bradford 94.3% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
33.2%
Attainment
37% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the BD4 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

We do not have multi-year attendance or attainment figures for this school in the current DfE extracts.

Admissions

Demand signal
About average
Published capacity (GIAS)
420
Pupils on roll
348

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Bradford page.

SEN support

SEN %
23.3%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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