Saltaire Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Shipley, Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.908 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Saltaire Primary School is a primary school in Shipley, Bradford for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 April 2024. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Saltaire 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 | 0.908 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.908 miles away, further than in 2024 and 2015; the 2026 figure was the longest of the 10 years.
- The last distance has swung sharply between some years, with the biggest move from 2022 to 2023.
- Reception 2026 had 65 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest 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
- Albert Road, Shipley, BD18 4NR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 418 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 April 2024
Strengths
- “Saltaire Primary School serves its community proudly.”
- “Pupils value the kind and nurturing environment.”
- “Pupils warmly welcome newcomers and visitors to their school.”
To improve
- “On some occasions, activities are not precisely matched to the intended learning.”
- “This means that pupils do not learn as much as they could, despite their high levels of engagement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 May 2024 (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) | 68% | 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: 65 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Wycliffe CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Baildon Glen Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shipley CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandal Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- High Crags Primary Leadership Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cottingley Village Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ Church Church of England Academy 1.3 mi Good