Steeton Primary School
Market Street, Steeton, Keighley, BD20 6NN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Miss Claire Redman
- Federation
- Unity Federation: Excelling as One
- Constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 258
- URN
- 107275
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01535653315
About this school
Steeton Primary School is a community primary school in Keighley. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 258 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 41 | 46 | 41 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 63% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 7% | 15% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 83% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 74% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 76% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.50 | - | - |
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 Steeton 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 | 56% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 58.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 59.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 290 |
| 2023/24 | 285 |
| 2024/25 | 275 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Steeton Primary School compares
Steeton Primary School ranked 37th of 159 primary schools in Bradford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 6.9% | 26.6% | 258 | — |
| Eastburn Primary School | 77% | 4.6% | 10.8% | 199 | 1.1 miles |
| Silsden Primary School | 72% | 4.1% | 17% | 634 | 1.3 miles |
| Kildwick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 50% | 4.5% | 6.5% | 141 | 1.7 miles |
| Sutton-in-Craven Community Primary School | 53% | 4.8% | 13.1% | 194 | 1.8 miles |
| Sutton CofE Primary and Nursery School | 56% | 5.3% | 20.9% | 105 | 1.8 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)
- 26.55%
- English as an additional language
- 42.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.89%
- Persistent absence
- 23.05%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Eastburn Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Keighley
-
Silsden Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Keighley
-
Kildwick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Keighley
-
Sutton-in-Craven Community Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Keighley
-
Sutton CofE Primary and Nursery School1.8 miles
Primary · Keighley
Other schools in Keighley
Steeton Primary School ranks 6th of the 32 ranked primary schools in Keighley.
- Beckfoot Nessfield Primary
- Bradleys Both Community Primary School Primary
- Cononley Primary School Primary
- Cowling Community Primary School Primary
- East Morton CofE Primary School Primary
- Eastburn Primary School Primary
- Eastwood Community School Primary
- Glusburn Community Primary School Primary
- Haworth Primary School Primary
- Holycroft Primary School Primary
- Ingrow Primary School Primary
- Keighley St Andrew's CofE Primary School and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Steeton Primary School teach?
- Steeton Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Keighley.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Steeton Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Steeton Primary School is Miss Claire Redman, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Steeton Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Steeton 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 Steeton Primary School?
- Steeton Primary School has 258 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Steeton Primary School full?
- Steeton Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 258 on roll (82%), 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 Steeton Primary School a faith school?
- No. Steeton Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Steeton Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Steeton Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Steeton Primary School?
- Steeton Primary School is part of the Unity Federation: Excelling as One federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Steeton Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Steeton Primary School rank locally?
- Steeton Primary School ranked 37th of 159 primary schools in Bradford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Steeton Primary School's absence rate?
- Steeton Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Steeton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Steeton 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 29 June 2026.