East Morton CofE Primary School

About East Morton CofE Primary School

East Morton CofE Primary School has been rated Good by Ofsted in both its graded inspections, with the most recent ungraded inspection in 2022 confirming it remains Good. The school’s strongest academic indicator is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard attainment: 79% of pupils reached this benchmark in 2023/24, well above the Bradford local authority average of 59%. That places the school 13th out of 153 primary schools in the district, putting it in the top 9% locally and the top 13% nationally. The school also ranks in the top 25% of primary schools across Yorkshire and the Humber. While the Ofsted breakdown doesn’t provide individual grades for quality of education or behaviour, the leadership and management were also rated Good, and the early years provision was Good in the previous inspection back in 2006.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 results, the school’s strengths are particularly clear in writing, where 93% of pupils met the expected standard and 29% reached the higher standard. Reading also performed strongly, with 89% at expected and 39% at the higher level, while maths saw 89% at expected and 14% at the higher level. The average scaled scores were 107 in reading and 105 in maths, both comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. However, the combined higher standard figure for reading, writing and maths was just 11%, which is a more modest outcome. Progress scores are not available for this school, so it’s not possible to compare how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points, but the attainment data alone paints a picture of a school that consistently delivers above-average results for its pupils.

The school is oversubscribed, with 97 applications for 29 places in 2025/26 and 35 first-preference applications, giving a ratio of 3.34 applicants per place. It offers a nursery provision for children from age three and has a range of facilities including a forest school, ICT suite, sports hall, art studios, music rooms and a chapel. The SEND provision is broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. Clubs include gardening, science, book and chess, while sports on offer range from dance and gymnastics to cricket, netball and football. This is a Church of England primary that suits families who value strong academic outcomes in a supportive, well-resourced setting, and who are prepared for a competitive admissions process.

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