Hoyle Court Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Shipley, 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 🔒
Hoyle Court Primary School is a primary school in Shipley, Bradford for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 July 2022. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Hoyle Court 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 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, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in all 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 24 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils 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.
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
- Fyfe Grove, Baildon, Shipley, BD17 6DN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 293 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 July 2022
Strengths
- “Hoyle Court Primary is a welcoming school.”
- “Pupils are polite and well mannered.”
- “Staff know the pupils very well and have high expectations for them.”
To improve
- “However, a few pupils sometimes lose focus when teachers or other pupils are talking.”
- “While pupils behave well in most lessons, there are times when a small minority of pupils lose focus and fail to listen when others are talking.”
- “Not all teachers consistently refocus pupils to their tasks.”
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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) | 73% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 24 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.
- Baildon Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- Christ Church Church of England Academy 0.9 mi Good
- Sandal Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Idle CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thackley Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Baildon Glen Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Low Ash Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published