kinplaceWhere your family goes next
New to this? Read:Reading an Ofsted report, and the new report cardsReading league tables and school resultsAll guides
State primary · 3 to 11 · Mixed · 395 pupils

Lower Fields Primary Academy

Fenby Avenue, Bradford, BD4 8RG
Compare
Ofsted: School remains Good · May 2023Top 19% (29/160)About one first choice per place (2026)

Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 3,088th of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Top 19%.
Top 19% (29/160)Rank among 160 Bradford primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
Inspection
School remains Good, May 2023
Results
76% expected standard; 5% higher standard
Size
395 pupils; 43 places a year; classes of 25
Run by
Delta Academies Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
3 to 11 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Expected standard: 76%, against 60% in Bradford.
  • Higher standard: 5%, against 7% in Bradford.
  • Sessions missed: 7.8%, against 5.6% in Bradford.
  • Persistently absent: 27.9%, against 15.8% in Bradford.
Could your child get in?Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.Check a postcode ↓ Schools for usRank every school near you by the measures that matter to your family, each reason shown.Rank schools →
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027
i

SourceCity of Bradford Metropolitan District Council offer-day figures, 2024 to 2025.

How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.

Things to know
  • A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.

Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council publishes no last distance offered for this school in the years we hold (2024 to 2025). Check your postcode for the distance from your home.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

i

SourceCouncil offer-day figures: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, 2024 to 2025.

Things to know
  • Distances are straight lines from the school.
EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception2025607846——
Reception2024607135——

A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Quality

i

SourceOfsted · inspected 17 May 2023
DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

  • School remains Good
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 76% (England 62%) (county 60%)
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 5% (England 8%) (county 7%)

Results

i

SourceDfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard76%62%60%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard5%8%7%2024/2025

League table place

i

SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)Top 19% (29/160)
Bradford league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

i

SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

  • Absence: 7.8% of sessions missed; 28% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 6.3% and 19%
  • Suspensions: 6 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 1 permanent exclusion
  • Classes average 24.7 pupils; 8.1% of classes have more than 30
  • 22.9 pupils for each teacher
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 206 m
  • 44 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (1 fatal, 7 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 15.4 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.7 (1 km square, background level)

Absence

i

SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.

Things to know
  • Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 2777 schools.
YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/257.8%4.1%3.7%28%0.6%
2023/247.5%3.0%4.5%26%0.3%
2022/238.0%3.8%4.2%26%0.9%
Schools with a similar intake6.3%19%

Suspensions and exclusions

i

SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/255.82.9%241
2023/245.92.9%251
2022/2311.35.3%470
Schools with a similar intake2.2

Class sizes and staff

i

SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size24.72025/26
Classes over 30 pupils8.1%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher22.9November 2025

Stops nearby

i

SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus206

Road collisions within 500 m

i

SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 7 serious and 1 fatal in all; 8 involved a pedestrian, 8 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
20254
20249
202312
20224
202115

Air quality

i

SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO215.42024
PM1012.22024
PM257.72024

Who goes there

i

SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals42%2025/26
First language other than English30%2025/26
SEN support19%2025/26
Education, health and care plan4.1%2025/26
Girls49%2025/26

Ofsted

Inspections

i

SourceOfsted, 2023.

DateKindOutcome
17 May 2023Ungraded visitSchool remains Good

Admissions

Getting in

i

SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026

  • 42 families put it first for 43 places; every one of them got in
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Applications and offers, DfE

i

SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2019 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202643427142
Reception202545457745
Reception202434347034
Reception202351449044
Reception202250507450
Reception202138358635
Reception202042409640
Reception2019606412358

Who runs it

i

SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined December 2018
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 December 2018

  • Delta Academies Trust, with 64 schools
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 December 2018
  • Replaced Lower Fields Primary School (URN 132182)
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Nurseries nearby

i

SourceOfsted early years register.

Kids Planet Dudley Hill0.2 miles
Inspired Childcare (Bradford) Ltd0.5 miles
Bamboo Kids0.6 miles
Kids Planet Wakefield Road0.9 miles
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Bradford and the Bradford league table.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and methods: tap the (i) on each section. How we know · All sources.