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Abbey Green Nursery School

Nursery · ages 2-4MixedLocal authority nursery school97 pupilsNurseryBradford
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
OfstedOutstandingLast Ofsted inspection, December 2023
Pupils from low-income families27%About the same as most schools in England
Pupils per teacher13.5School workforce census
Pupils on roll97Census January 2026

Abbey Green Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Bradford for boys and girls aged 2 to 4. It has 97 pupils. About 26 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was outstanding, back in 2023.

Green Lane, Manningham, Bradford, BD8 8HT01274 722070abbeygreen.orgMrs Virginia Robinson headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 13 December 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Outstanding overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Outstanding
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Outstanding
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Outstanding
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes
Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
18 October 2022UngradedSchool remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Bradford council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll97Census January 2026
Pupils from low-income families30%27% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English41%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support20%19 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan17%16 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls55 / 42
White British pupils4%

Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 10 pupils, for autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment.

To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Bradford with autism provision.

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (21), Physical disability (12), emotional and mental health (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll979490898984
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals30%0%0%0%0%0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language41%60%67%66%74%81%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support38%41%34%32%29%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans11%14%10%3%5%

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers4.9full-time equivalent, 6 people
Pupils per teacher13.5Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants18.7full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£52,080
Teachers who left in the year24%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher10.72024/25

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£18,602England £7,738. Total £986k
Income per pupil£22,125England £7,697. Total £1.2m
Spent on teachers per pupil£4,709England £3,480
Money in reserve20%A healthy amount put by: £229k, £4,323 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£187kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£18,602spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m1,08912 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate727 per 1,000 people699% higher than the England average
Typical house price£180,000Bradford
Nearest bus stop140 mPicton Street, 22 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Green Lane Primary SchoolAcademy0 m518No overall grade 202413Compare
Dixons Manningham AcademyAcademy90 m368Good 202328Compare
Atlas Community Primary SchoolAcademy300 m186No overall grade 202571Compare
The Home Study Project Co Pakistan Community and Neighbourhood AssocMiscellaneous340 mNot inspectedCompare
Iqra Primary AcademyAcademy460 m616Good 202313Compare
Valley AcademyFree school520 m356Report card 202614Compare
Islamic Tarbiyyah Preparatory SchoolIndependent530 m134Not inspectedCompare
Al Mumin Primary and Secondary SchoolIndependent580 m234Not inspectedCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Abbey Green Nursery School a good school?

Abbey Green Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it outstanding at its last inspection in December 2023.

What is Abbey Green Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Abbey Green Nursery School outstanding at its last full inspection on 13 December 2023.

How many pupils does Abbey Green Nursery School have?

97 pupils aged 2 to 4 were on the roll in January 2026.

Does Abbey Green Nursery School have specialist SEND provision?

Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Green Lane, Manningham, Bradford, BD8 8HT
Telephone
01274 722070
Website
www.abbeygreen.org
Headteacher
Mrs Virginia Robinson
Type of school
Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Nursery school, ages 2-4, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Bradford
Ward
Manningham
Constituency
Bradford West
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
107188 · LAESTAB 3801008

Where these figures come from