Poplars Farm Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.487 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Poplars Farm Primary School is a primary school in Bradford for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Poplars Farm 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 | 1.487 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
- The last Reception place in 2026 went to a child living 1.487 miles away, the 17th longest of 49 Bradford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 7 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 58 first-choice applications for 58 offers; 55 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 54% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (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
- Poplars Park Road, Off Kings Road, Bradford, BD2 1LQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 457 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to Poplars Farm Primary School.”
- “They know staff will support them.”
- “Most pupils are happy to learn, and they behave well.”
To improve
- “However, pupils sometimes lack the knowledge of other faiths needed to fulfil these good intentions.”
- “However, some staff do not consistently emphasise the most important knowledge to pupils.”
- “When this happens, staff miss opportunities to”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 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) | 54% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 55 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 0.5 mi Good
- Swain House Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Frizinghall Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Low Ash Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Westminster Church of England Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Blakehill Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Wellington Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published