St Francis Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

Bradford EastConstituency

BD2 4ESPostcode

7.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Francis Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 234 pupils. St Francis Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is part of Blessed Christopher Wharton Catholic Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 77%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

65%

Asian

11%

Black

10%

Mixed

14%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

234

Total Pupils

58%Boys

42%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

12%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 234
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Blessed Christopher Wharton Catholic Academy 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 4 December 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
7 Feb 2013	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.