High Crags Primary Leadership Academy

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

ShipleyConstituency

BD18 2ESPostcode

6.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

High Crags Primary Leadership Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 311 pupils. High Crags Primary Leadership Academy is part of STAR ACADEMIES.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 69%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

63%

Asian

16%

Black

Mixed

13%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

311

Total Pupils

45%Boys

55%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

43%

England average

27%

First language not English

18%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 311
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: STAR ACADEMIES

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 20 June 2024. 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
11 Apr 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	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.