Ashlands Primary School

About Ashlands Primary School

Ashlands Primary School in Bradford holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2025, with inspectors awarding Good across all five graded categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This marks a change from the school's previous inspection in 2010, when it was rated Outstanding overall. On the key academic measure for primary schools, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year. That puts the school slightly ahead of the Bradford local authority average of 59%, and places it 62nd out of 153 primary schools in the area. Nationally, Ashlands sits in the middle of the pack, ranking 6,612th out of 13,686 primary schools. The school's average scaled scores were 105 in reading and 104 in maths, both a touch above the national benchmark of 100.

Looking more closely at the breakdown, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 75% in maths, while writing lagged a little at 65%. At the higher standard, 31% achieved in reading, 25% in maths, but only 10% in writing and just 6% across all three subjects combined. The school's ranking score of 63 places it in the top 50 tier of its own internal metric, though it sits behind local peers like All Saints' CofE Primary School and Harden Primary School. Parent feedback is broadly positive: 88% of the 117 respondents would recommend the school, and strong majorities agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy, feels safe, and that the school has high expectations. However, the picture is more mixed for SEND support, where 32% strongly disagreed that children with special educational needs get the help they need, compared with 18% who strongly agreed.

Ashlands is a state primary for mixed genders aged 3 to 11, with a nursery on site. It has capacity for 490 pupils but currently enrols 302, and 9.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals. The school was oversubscribed for 2025/26 entry, receiving 124 applications for 31 places, with 30 offers going to first-preference families. Facilities include a gymnasium, music rooms, playing fields, an ICT suite, a sensory room and a chapel. Sports on offer include swimming, gymnastics, cricket and cross country, while clubs range from coding and science to gardening and eco club. The school lists SEND provisions for autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, and social, emotional and mental health difficulties. For families seeking an Outstanding-rated alternative, the nearest is Burley Oaks Primary School, 4.7 kilometres away.

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