East Bierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Bradford, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.81 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
East Bierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Bradford, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
East Bierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 2.81 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For 2026 Reception, the last child offered a place lived 2.81 miles away, the 32nd longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.65 miles).
- The 2026 Reception figure was further out than in 2025 and in 2019, and was the longest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 Reception there were 19 first-choice applications for 26 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Results 2024/25: 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kirklees schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- South View Road, East Bierley, Bradford, BD4 6PH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “The school day gets off to a great start as staff warmly welcome pupils.”
- “There are high expectations of pupils' behaviour supported by consistent daily routines and positive relationships between staff and pupils.”
- “Pupils play well together in the playground.”
To improve
- “Some older pupils have gaps in their knowledge.”
- “This means, at times, they find it more difficult to connect previous knowledge to new learning.”
- “Some pupils have not attended school regularly enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (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) | 71% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 19 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 Kirklees.
- Birkenshaw Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Gomersal Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fieldhead Primary Academy 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitechapel Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Howard Park Community School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published