Birkenshaw Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Bradford, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.50 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Birkenshaw Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Bradford, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Birkenshaw 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 | 0.50 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 0.50 miles away, the 7th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.65 miles).
- The 2026 Reception figure was nearer than in 2025 and in 2019, and was the shortest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 Reception there were 70 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Results 2024/25: 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd 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
- Station Lane, Birkenshaw, Bradford, BD11 2JE
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 457 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Birkenshaw Primary enjoy coming to school.”
- “Leaders set high expectations for attendance and behaviour, which pupils proudly rise to meet.”
- “Pupils are kind and considerate to one another.”
To improve
- “However, some younger pupils do not receive the support that they need to close these gaps quickly.”
- “In a very small number of subjects, the knowledge set out in curriculum plans does not match the learning that is taking place in the classroom.”
- “In these subjects, pupils do not have the opportunities they need to practise and apply their learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 May 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) | 77% | 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: 70 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- East Bierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Fieldhead Primary Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Gomersal Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Birstall Primary Academy 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitechapel Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published