Ingham Lane, Bradshaw, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX2 9PF
10 reasons to choose Bradshaw Primary School
Top line
Bradshaw Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Halifax and one of the 6 best independent or state primaries within 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Bradshaw Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 5 members of The Family of Learning Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2015) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Bradshaw Primary School has two classes per year, and an average class size of 24 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Bradshaw Primary School ranks in the top 29% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress scores are around the national average.
The Bradshaw Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, Italian. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips for Years 3&4 and 5&6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Bradshaw Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Bradshaw Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Bradshaw Primary School
The Gleddings Preparatory School (4.9 miles); Hipperholme Grammar Junior School (5.4 miles); Bradford Grammar Junior School (7 miles).
Foxhill Primary School (1.8 miles); Salterlee Primary School (3.7 miles); Parkinson Lane Community Primary School (4.2 miles).
Hipperholme Grammar School (5.2 miles); Bradford Grammar School (7 miles); Bradford Christian School (7.5 miles).
The North Halifax Grammar School (0.8 miles); Trinity Academy, Halifax (1.1 miles); The Crossley Heath School (4.6 miles).