Hill Top CofE Primary School
Primary · Foundation 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 🔒
Hill Top CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bradford for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 April 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Hill Top 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places had run out in all 10 earlier years; the last distance offered swung most between 2022 and 2023.
- Reception 2026 drew 15 first-choice applications for 20 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 5th lowest of 156 Bradford primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Common Road, Low Moor, Bradford, BD12 0TL
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 215 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to this school.”
- “Pupils meet the high expectations of their teachers.”
- “They know how to make positive choices.”
To improve
- “However, some of the staff who support older, less confident readers have not completed the training to help these pupils to catch up quickly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 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) | 46% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 15 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.
- Low Moor CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Woodside Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wibsey Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Worthinghead Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Farfield Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School and Nursery 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published