St Paul's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.701 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Paul's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bradford for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 March 2025. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Paul's CofE 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 | 0.701 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
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.701 miles, 22nd shortest of 49 Bradford primary schools with a published last distance, where the middle figure was 0.91 miles.
- That 2026 Reception figure was nearer the school than in 2024 and in 2015, having swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2020 to 2024.
- Reception 2026 had 28 first-choice applications for 28 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 54% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th 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
- St Paul's Avenue, Buttershaw, Bradford, BD6 1ST
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 198 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 March 2025
Strengths
- “St Paul’s is a school at the very heart of its local community.”
- “Leaders are determined that pupils will flourish academically and personally.”
- “Pupils, parents and staff are rightly proud of the high-quality, rounded education that pupils receive.”
To improve
- “Their learning in other subjects is more variable.”
- “Occasionally, the aims of small-group sessions are not clear, and, as a result, learning is not as strong.”
- “However, teachers are not consistently clear about what pupils are to learn in lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (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) | 54% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 26 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.
- St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wibsey Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hill Top CofE Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodside Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Farfield Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Reevy Hill Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bankfoot Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Marshfield Primary 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published