Home Farm Primary School
Home Farm Close, Bradford, BD6 3NR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Poole
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bradford South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 484
- Pupils on roll
- 456
- URN
- 131357
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274777020
About this school
Home Farm Primary School is a community primary school in Bradford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 456 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Home Farm Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 60 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 55% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 58% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 75% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 70% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.90 | - | - |
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 Home Farm 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 | 53% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 58.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 59.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 468 |
| 2023/24 | 464 |
| 2024/25 | 468 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Home Farm Primary School compares
Home Farm Primary School ranked 98th of 159 primary schools in Bradford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 5.9% | 34.9% | 456 | — |
| St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School | 44% | 4.4% | 15.5% | 197 | 0.4 miles |
| Stocks Lane Primary School | 57% | 3.7% | 16.6% | 207 | 0.5 miles |
| Reevy Hill Primary School | 50% | 6% | 56.2% | 216 | 0.6 miles |
| Farfield Primary and Nursery School | 79% | 8.2% | 49.2% | 384 | 0.7 miles |
| St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School | 60% | 4.5% | 18.2% | 192 | 0.8 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)
- 34.92%
- English as an additional language
- 17.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.94%
- Persistent absence
- 15.72%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bradford
-
Stocks Lane Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bradford
-
Reevy Hill Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bradford
-
Farfield Primary and Nursery School0.7 miles
Primary · Bradford
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St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School0.8 miles
Primary · Halifax
Other schools in Bradford
Home Farm Primary School ranks 61st 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 ages does Home Farm Primary School teach?
- Home Farm Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bradford.
- Who is the headteacher of Home Farm Primary School?
- The headteacher of Home Farm Primary School is Mrs Joanne Poole, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Home Farm Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Home Farm 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 many pupils are at Home Farm Primary School?
- Home Farm Primary School has 456 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Home Farm Primary School full?
- Home Farm Primary School has capacity for 484 pupils and 456 on roll (94%), 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 Home Farm Primary School a faith school?
- No. Home Farm Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Is Home Farm Primary School a selective school?
- No. Home Farm Primary School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Home Farm Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Home Farm Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Home Farm Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Home Farm Primary School compare with other schools in Bradford?
- Home Farm Primary School ranked 98th of 159 primary schools in Bradford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Home Farm Primary School's absence rate?
- Home Farm Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Home Farm Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Home Farm 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 30 June 2026.