Shirley Manor Primary School
Methuen Oval, Wyke, Bradford, BD12 8SA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE FAMILY OF LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Lucy Bailey
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Family of Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Bradford South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 168
- URN
- 140639
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274679320
About this school
Shirley Manor Primary School is a primary academy in Bradford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 168 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 30 | 28 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 39% | 33% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 43% | 57% | 48% |
| Expected standard in maths | 47% | 57% | 41% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 43% | 33% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 102.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.30 | - | - |
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 Shirley Manor 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 | 40% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 58.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 33% | 59.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 206 |
| 2023/24 | 191 |
| 2024/25 | 175 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Shirley Manor Primary School compares
Shirley Manor Primary School ranked 155th of 159 primary schools in Bradford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33% | 7.3% | 59.1% | 168 | — |
| Worthinghead Primary School | 45% | 4.7% | 22.1% | 203 | 0.6 miles |
| Scholes Village Primary School | 50% | 5.1% | 25.5% | 217 | 0.6 miles |
| Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant School | 83% | 3.3% | 13.2% | 183 | 0.7 miles |
| Cliffe Hill Community Primary School | 50% | 8.4% | 56.4% | 195 | 1.2 miles |
| Lightcliffe C of E Primary School | 64% | 3.3% | 6.8% | 370 | 1.3 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 59.12%
- English as an additional language
- 14.3%
- Overall absence
- 7.29%
- Persistent absence
- 28.76%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Worthinghead Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bradford
-
Scholes Village Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Cleckheaton
-
Bailiffe Bridge Junior and Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Brighouse
-
Cliffe Hill Community Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Halifax
-
Lightcliffe C of E Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Halifax
Other schools in Bradford
Shirley Manor Primary School ranks 107th 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 Shirley Manor Primary School teach?
- Shirley Manor Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bradford.
- Who is the headteacher of Shirley Manor Primary School?
- The headteacher of Shirley Manor Primary School is Miss Lucy Bailey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Shirley Manor Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Shirley Manor 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 Shirley Manor Primary School?
- Shirley Manor Primary School has 168 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Shirley Manor Primary School full?
- Shirley Manor Primary School has capacity for 236 pupils and 168 on roll (71%), 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 Shirley Manor Primary School a faith school?
- No. Shirley Manor Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Shirley Manor Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Shirley Manor Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Shirley Manor Primary School?
- Shirley Manor Primary School is part of THE FAMILY OF LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Shirley Manor Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 33% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Shirley Manor Primary School rank locally?
- Shirley Manor Primary School ranked 155th of 159 primary schools in Bradford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Shirley Manor Primary School's absence rate?
- Shirley Manor Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Shirley Manor Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Shirley Manor 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 1 July 2026.