Swain House Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.893 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Swain House Primary School is a primary school in Bradford for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Swain House Primary School 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 | 0.893 mi |
| 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
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.893 miles away, the 24th shortest of 49 Bradford primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2015, having swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 60 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 52 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th 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
- Radcliffe Avenue, Bradford, BD2 1JL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 498 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “This is a happy and friendly school.”
- “Leaders have a deep commitment to serving their pupils, families and community.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils and among pupils are extremely positive.”
To improve
- “Leaders are determined to improve pupils’ attendance, but there is still more work to do to ensure that all pupils attend in accordance with leaders’ expectations.”
- “However, some of these roles are less well defined, and a number of pupils spoken to had not yet carried out any work associated with their job.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 2023 (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) | 58% | 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: 60 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 52 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.
- Grove House Academy 0.3 mi Good
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Poplars Farm Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Blakehill Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Wellington Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cavendish Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Peel Park Primary School and Nursery 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published