Harden Primary School

State-Funded School

harden-primary-school-bradford-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

ShipleyConstituency

BD16 1LJPostcode

9.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Harden Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 212 pupils. Harden Primary School is part of Exceed Academies Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 87%
Higher standard: 23%
Reading score: 110
Maths score: 109

Ethnicity

White

92%

Asian

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

212

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

11%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 212
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: Exceed Academies Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 5 March 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
16 Oct 2019	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.