Ley Top Primary School
Avenel Road, Allerton, Bradford, BD15 7PQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Stuart Gawthorpe
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bradford West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 338
- URN
- 107241
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274541554
About this school
Ley Top Primary School is a community primary school in Bradford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 338 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: requires significant improvement.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 55 | 50 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 32% | 40% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 54% | 65% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 66% | 47% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 68% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Ley Top Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bradford average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 32% | 58.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 40% | 59.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 424 |
| 2023/24 | 404 |
| 2024/25 | 373 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ley Top Primary School compares
Ley Top Primary School ranked 149th of 159 primary schools in Bradford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40% | 6.9% | 51.7% | 338 | — |
| St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 65% | 5.3% | 29.7% | 218 | 0.1 miles |
| Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery | 42% | 7.3% | 31.4% | 426 | 0.2 miles |
| The Academy At St. James | 49% | 6.1% | 48.2% | 310 | 0.3 miles |
| Crossley Hall Primary School | 33% | 7.5% | 34.1% | 644 | 1.0 miles |
| Sandy Lane Primary School | 76% | 6% | 28.6% | 326 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 51.69%
- English as an additional language
- 38.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.94%
- Persistent absence
- 22.26%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Bradford
-
Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery0.2 miles
Primary · Bradford
-
The Academy At St. James0.3 miles
Primary · Bradford
-
Crossley Hall Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Bradford
-
Sandy Lane Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Bradford
Other schools in Bradford
Ley Top Primary School ranks 104th of the 110 ranked primary schools in Bradford.
- All Saints CofE Primary School Primary
- Atlas Community Primary School Primary
- Bankfoot Primary School Primary
- Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy Primary
- Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Beckfoot Heaton Primary Primary
- Birkenshaw Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Blakehill Primary School Primary
- Bowling Park Primary School Primary
- Brackenhill Primary School Primary
- Byron Primary School Primary
- Carlton Mills Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ley Top Primary School teach?
- Ley Top Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bradford.
- Who is the headteacher of Ley Top Primary School?
- The headteacher of Ley Top Primary School is Mr Stuart Gawthorpe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ley Top Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ley Top Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Ley Top Primary School?
- Ley Top Primary School has 338 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Ley Top Primary School full?
- Ley Top Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 338 on roll (80%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Ley Top Primary School a faith school?
- No. Ley Top Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Ley Top Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Ley Top Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Ley Top Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 38% in 2022/23 and 40% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ley Top Primary School rank locally?
- Ley Top Primary School ranked 149th of 159 primary schools in Bradford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ley Top Primary School's absence rate?
- Ley Top Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ley Top Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ley Top Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.