Worth Valley Primary School
Bracken Bank Crescent, Keighley, BD22 7AX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LEADING LEARNERS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Ceinwen Lodge
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Leading Learners Academy Trust (Tyldesley Primary School)
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 286
- Pupils on roll
- 242
- URN
- 143510
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01535604240
About this school
Worth Valley Primary School is a primary academy in Keighley. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 242 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found the school has improved significantly.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 33 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 63% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 3% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 77% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 77% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 77% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.50 | - | - |
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 Worth Valley 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 | 70% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 58.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 59.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 257 |
| 2023/24 | 249 |
| 2024/25 | 235 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Worth Valley Primary School compares
Worth Valley Primary School ranked 61st of 159 primary schools in Bradford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 6.2% | 54% | 242 | — |
| Ingrow Primary School | 57% | 7.3% | 45.2% | 369 | 0.5 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 71% | 5.6% | 31.5% | 327 | 0.7 miles |
| Beckfoot Nessfield | 51% | 5.8% | 21.1% | 252 | 0.8 miles |
| Holycroft Primary School | 58% | 9.7% | 37.4% | 336 | 1.0 miles |
| Oakworth Primary School | 35% | 5.1% | 10.8% | 401 | 1.0 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
-
Ungraded inspection report2 April 2025
- 15 October 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 54.04%
- English as an additional language
- 1.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.2%
- Persistent absence
- 16.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ingrow Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Keighley
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Keighley
-
Beckfoot Nessfield0.8 miles
Primary · Keighley
-
Holycroft Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Keighley
-
Oakworth Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Keighley
Other schools in Keighley
Worth Valley Primary School ranks 14th 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 Worth Valley Primary School teach?
- Worth Valley Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Keighley.
- Who is the headteacher of Worth Valley Primary School?
- The headteacher of Worth Valley Primary School is Miss Ceinwen Lodge, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Worth Valley Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Worth Valley 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 Worth Valley Primary School?
- Worth Valley Primary School has 242 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Worth Valley Primary School full?
- Worth Valley Primary School has capacity for 286 pupils and 242 on roll (85%), 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 Worth Valley Primary School a faith school?
- No. Worth Valley Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Worth Valley Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Worth Valley Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Worth Valley Primary School?
- Worth Valley Primary School is part of LEADING LEARNERS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Worth Valley Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Worth Valley Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Worth Valley Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Worth Valley Primary School rank locally?
- Worth Valley Primary School ranked 61st of 159 primary schools in Bradford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Worth Valley Primary School's absence rate?
- Worth Valley Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Worth Valley Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Worth Valley 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 10 July 2026.