Lees Primary School

About Lees Primary School

Lees Primary School is a state-funded mixed primary in the Bradford local authority, serving 208 pupils aged 5 to 11 under headteacher James Travers. In the most recent local rankings, it placed 72nd out of 153 Bradford primaries, putting it just inside the top half of the local authority. The three highest-scoring peers in the area are All Saints' CofE Primary School, Harden Primary School, and Copthorne Primary School, all of which sit above Lees on the same ranking metric. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2023, rated it Good overall, with Good marks across all five categories including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. That represents a change from its previous inspection in 2011, when it was rated Outstanding overall. The nearest primary currently rated Outstanding is Merlin Top Primary Academy, about 3.7 kilometres away.

In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 61% of Lees pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That is just above the Bradford local authority average of 59%. However, the proportion reaching the higher standard in all three subjects was 7%, which is on the lower side. Looking at individual subjects, 75% met the expected standard in reading, 79% in writing, and 82% in maths. Average scaled scores were 106 in reading and 105 in maths, both slightly above the national benchmark of 100. The school's ranking nationally places it in the bottom 50% of primaries on the combined expected standard metric, at the 55th percentile. Compared with its previous Outstanding rating, the current Good judgement reflects a step down, but the school remains solidly within the satisfactory-to-good range for academic outcomes in its local context.

The school has a capacity of 231 and was oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, receiving 96 total applications for 30 places, with 35 first-preference applications and 30 offers made — an oversubscription ratio of 3.2. Facilities include a library, gymnasium, ICT suite, dining hall, outdoor playground, and a chapel. Sports offered are cricket, football, tennis, athletics, swimming, and cross country, while clubs include film, science, coding, chess, art, and choir. Lees has a broad range of SEND provisions, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. With nursery provision on site and no sixth form, it suits families looking for a full primary journey through to Year 6 in a school that is popular locally but not among the highest-performing in the authority.

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