Merlin Top Primary Academy

State-Funded School

merlin-top-primary-academy-bradford-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

Keighley and IlkleyConstituency

BD22 6HZPostcode

9.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Merlin Top Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 343 pupils. Merlin Top Primary Academy is part of NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 70%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

56%

Asian

32%

Black

Mixed

10%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

343

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

52%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

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: 343
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 10 October 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
6 May 2019	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.