Peel Park Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Peel Park Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Bradford for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 June 2025. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Peel Park Primary School and Nursery catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out (a last distance was published) in 1 of the 7 earlier Reception years.
- Reception 2026 had 39 first-choice applications for 48 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- At 0.8 first choices per offer in the 2026 Reception entry, it was the 18th lowest of 156 Bradford primary schools.
- Reading, writing and maths 2024/25: 50% (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bradford.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bradford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Peel Park Drive, Undercliffe, Bradford, BD2 4PR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 529 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 June 2025
Strengths
- “Peel Park is a vibrant and happy school.”
- “The school rules of ‘be ready, be respectful, be safe’ are understood well by pupils.”
- “They show respect to each other.”
To improve
- “The school recognises that many pupils do not achieve as well as they could in national tests.”
- “That said, high mobility means that many pupils do not get the time they need to fully benefit from the curriculum on offer.”
- “At times, the implementation of the curriculum is less successful.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 50% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 39 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 39 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bradford.
- Wellington Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westminster Church of England Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Killinghall Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Byron Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Grove House Academy 0.7 mi Good
- St. Clare's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published