Silsden Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Keighley, Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Silsden Primary School is a primary school in Keighley, Bradford for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2022. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Silsden 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 | 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 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 every applicant was offered a place, and places ran out in 1 of the 6 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 72% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bradford.
- For Reception 2026 there were 80 first-choice applications for 84 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 15.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bradford is 26.6%.
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
- Hawber Cote Lane, Silsden, Keighley, BD20 0JJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 634 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at Silsden Primary School.”
- “They are proud of their school and benefit from a wide range of opportunities to enhance their time at school.”
- “Pupils' behaviour is exemplary and they treat each other and the adults they meet with kindness and respect.”
To improve
- “A small number find it harder to apply some aspects securely.”
- “Pupils' books show secure progress over time in core subjects, although this standard is not yet consistent across all other subjects.”
- “Although leaders' high expectations for foundational skills and knowledge development are evident in some subjects, this is not yet fully consistent across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 September 2026 (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) | 72% | 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: 80 first-preference applications, 84 offers in total, 80 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.
- Steeton Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eastburn Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Merlin Top Primary Academy 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Victoria Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Eastwood Community School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of Victories Catholic School 3.2 mi Good
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published