Chellow Heights Special School
Thorn Lane, Bingley Road, Bradford, BD9 6AL
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Willett
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Bradford West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 267
- Pupils on roll
- 269
- URN
- 135228
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274484242
About this school
Chellow Heights Special School is a community special school in Bradford. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 269 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Chellow Heights Special 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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 | 39 | 29 | 36 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| 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 Chellow Heights Special 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 | 0% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 58.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 59.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 17.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 230 |
| 2023/24 | 254 |
| 2024/25 | 267 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.19%
- English as an additional language
- 23.6%
- Overall absence
- 13.21%
- Persistent absence
- 34.41%
Location
Nearby schools
-
High Park School0.1 miles
Academies · Bradford
-
Bradford Alternative Provision Academy1.6 miles
Academies · Shipley
-
Prism Independent School1.6 miles
Special schools · Bradford
-
Bradford Grammar School1.6 miles
Independent schools
-
Islamic Tarbiyyah Preparatory School1.8 miles
Independent schools · Bradford
Other schools in Bradford
- Bradford Beacon School Special schools
- Co-op Academy Delius Academies
- Co-op Academy Southfield Academies
- High Park School Academies
- Oastlers School Academies
- Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy Academies
- Prism Independent School Special schools
- Abbey Green Nursery School Nursery
- Canterbury Nursery School and Centre for Children and Families Nursery
- Lilycroft Nursery School Nursery
- Midland Road Nursery School Nursery
- St Edmund's Nursery School & Children's Centre Nursery
Common questions
- What ages does Chellow Heights Special School teach?
- Chellow Heights Special School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a special school in Bradford.
- Who is the headteacher of Chellow Heights Special School?
- The headteacher of Chellow Heights Special School is Mrs Helen Willett, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Chellow Heights Special School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Chellow Heights Special 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 Chellow Heights Special School?
- Chellow Heights Special School has 269 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Chellow Heights Special School full?
- Chellow Heights Special School has capacity for 267 pupils and 269 on roll (101%), so it is at or above 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 Chellow Heights Special School a faith school?
- No. Chellow Heights Special School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Chellow Heights Special School have?
- The schools register lists Chellow Heights Special School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Chellow Heights Special School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Chellow Heights Special School's absence rate?
- Chellow Heights Special School's overall absence rate is 13.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Chellow Heights Special School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Chellow Heights Special 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 1 July 2026.