Meadow Bank Community School

State-Funded School

meadow-bank-community-school-bradford-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

Bradford SouthConstituency

BD4 8DXPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Meadow Bank Community School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 286 pupils. Meadow Bank Community School is part of Northern Star Academies Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Inadequate

Ethnicity

White

50%

Asian

25%

Black

11%

Mixed

11%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

286

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

54%

England average

27%

First language not English

33%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 286
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Northern Star Academies Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
22 May 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement

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.