Idle CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Idle CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bradford for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Idle 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 | 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
- Free school meals eligibility is 7.2%, against a middle figure of 40.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bradford.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, although places had run out in all 7 earlier years with a published outcome.
- There were 37 first-choice applications for 46 offers for Reception 2026; at 0.8 first choices per offer, that was the 16th lowest of 156 Bradford primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 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
- Boothroyd Drive, Idle, Bradford, BD10 8LU
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 389 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025
Strengths
- “Idle Primary is a caring and supportive school.”
- “Pupils know that there is always someone that they can talk to if they are worried.”
- “They appreciate the chance to resolve problems together.”
To improve
- “However, some aspects of the quality of education do not allow all pupils to reach their academic potential.”
- “However, inconsistencies in the curriculum mean that, in some subjects, pupils are not able to build knowledge progressively over time.”
- “However, many changes are new or not fully embedded.”
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) | 60% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 37 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.
- Thackley Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Thorpe Primary 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- Co-op Academy Parkland 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Blakehill Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Hoyle Court Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Greengates Primary Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ Church Church of England Academy 1.2 mi Good