Girlington Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Girlington Primary School is a primary school in Bradford for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Girlington 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 Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 85 of the 137 other Bradford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out (a last distance was published) in all 8 earlier Reception years with a published outcome, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- In 2026, Reception had 56 first-choice applications for 56 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd 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
- Girlington Road, Bradford, BD8 9NR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 492 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to this welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “They feel safe and are kept safe by caring adults.”
- “Bullying is rare, and pupils know that adults always act swiftly to help resolve any problems.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, such as music and history, assessment systems are less well developed.”
- “In these subjects, teachers and leaders do not know consistently where there are gaps in pupils’ knowledge that need addressing.”
- “However, some pupils have limited experiences of learning about people and environments beyond their immediate community.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 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) | 47% | 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: 56 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 56 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.
- Whetley Academy 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St William's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lady Royd Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lilycroft Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carlton Mills 0.5 mi Good
- St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Miriam Lord Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published