Canterbury Nursery School and Centre for Children and Families
Canterbury Nursery School and Centre for Children and Families is a local authority nursery school in Bradford for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 162 pupils. About 31 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.
Basil Street, Canterbury, Bradford, BD5 9HL01274 574539canterburynurseryschool.co.ukHeadteacher Ruth Beddoes headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
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.
Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 26 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 (27), Other difficulty or disability (4), Physical disability (3), Hearing impairment (2), Profound and multiple learning difficulty (2), Multi-sensory impairment (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 162 | 160 | 160 | 159 | 165 | 186 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 9% | 5% | 7% | 15% | 11% | 9% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 56% | 49% | 55% | 49% | 52% | 55% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 18% | 18% | 31% | 29% | 20% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 12% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
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.
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
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.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horton Park Primary School | Academy | 200 m | 422 | Good 2022 | 42 | Compare |
| St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy | Academy | 390 m | 412 | Requires improvement 2023 | 3 | Compare |
| Southmere Primary Academy | Academy | 470 m | 322 | Good 2023 | 26 | Compare |
| Co-op Academy Grange | Academy | 470 m | 1,379 | No overall grade 2025 | 1 | Compare |
| Eternal Light | Independent | 570 m | 142 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Co-op Academy Southfield | Academy | 610 m | 378 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Marshfield Primary | Academy | 790 m | 442 | No overall grade 2025 | 98 | Compare |
| Eden Springs Girls Secondary | Independent | 830 m | 113 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Canterbury Nursery School and Centre for Children and Families a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Canterbury Nursery School and Centre for Children and Families yet.
How many pupils does Canterbury Nursery School and Centre for Children and Families have?
162 pupils aged 2 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.
Does Canterbury Nursery School and Centre for Children and Families 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
- Basil Street, Canterbury, Bradford, BD5 9HL
- Telephone
- 01274 574539
- Website
- www.canterburynurseryschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Ruth Beddoes
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 2-5, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Ward
- Little Horton
- Constituency
- Bradford East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 2001
- URN
- 132815 · LAESTAB 3801012
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.