Sandal Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Sandal Primary School is a primary school in Shipley, Bradford for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 November 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Sandal 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 for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as were applicants at 85 of the 137 other Bradford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception places ran out, with a last distance published, in all 6 earlier years with a published outcome, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 52 first-choice applications for 53 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 16% reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%), while 66% met the expected standard (England 62%).
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
- West Lane, Baildon, Shipley, BD17 5DH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 463 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 November 2023
Strengths
- “Sandal Primary School is a happy and welcoming place to learn.”
- “They know it is a safe place where they will be supported by adults who care for them.”
- “The school’s motto of ‘nurture, grow and succeed’ is woven through the curriculum and every aspect of school life.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ written work, however, is of a variable quality.”
- “Some pupils’ written work is difficult to read.”
- “Some pupils form letters incorrectly and they do not all follow a consistent approach to handwriting.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 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) | 66% | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 53 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.
- Baildon Glen Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wycliffe CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Hoyle Court Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Saltaire Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ Church Church of England Academy 1.1 mi Good
- Baildon Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shipley CofE Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published