Our Lady and St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

Bradford EastConstituency

BD10 0QAPostcode

0.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Our Lady and St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 180 pupils. Our Lady and St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is part of Blessed Christopher Wharton Catholic Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 58%
Higher standard: 6%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

74%

Asian

Black

Mixed

14%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

180

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

42%

England average

27%

First language not English

37%

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 180
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Blessed Christopher Wharton Catholic Academy Trust

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
9 Nov 2023	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
13 Nov 2019	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	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.