Lower Fields Primary Academy

About Lower Fields Primary Academy

Lower Fields Primary Academy is a school that local families clearly want to get into. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 77 applications for just 45 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.71. All 45 first-preference applicants were offered a spot, which is a strong signal that those who put it top of their list are likely to get in. The school is a state primary for mixed genders, ages 3 to 11, and sits in the Bradford local authority. It has a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has held across its two most recent inspections. The most recent ungraded inspection, in May 2023, confirmed the school remains Good. However, the early years provision was graded as Requires Improvement in the previous graded inspection of March 2018, so parents with younger children may want to ask about recent changes in that area.

Academically, Lower Fields performs well above the local average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a Bradford local authority average of 59%. The school ranks 35th out of 153 primary schools in the area, placing it in the top 50. Individual subject scores are solid: 76% reached the expected standard in reading, 75% in writing and 75% in maths. Higher attainment is more modest — 4% achieved the higher standard across all three subjects — but the school’s average scaled scores of 103 in both reading and maths are exactly in line with the national average. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds beyond these attainment figures.

The school offers a wide range of facilities, including a sports hall, playing fields, a forest school, art studios, an ICT suite, a library, music rooms and a dining hall. There is also a chapel on site. Sports on offer include athletics, rounders, tennis, dance, swimming and netball, and there are clubs such as book club, science club, coding, eco club and chess. Lower Fields has a strong SEND provision, supporting pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, hearing impairment, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. With nursery provision on site and a capacity of 446 pupils (currently 413 on roll), the school is well suited to families looking for a popular, well-equipped primary with a broad curriculum and strong core results.

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