St Columba's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

Bradford SouthConstituency

BD4 9PYPostcode

1.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Columba's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary 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 420 pupils. St Columba's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is part of Blessed Christopher Wharton Catholic Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 50%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

73%

Asian

Black

15%

Mixed

10%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

420

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

38%

England average

27%

First language not English

31%

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: 420
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
6 Mar 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
19 Mar 2019	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	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.