Home Farm Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Home Farm Primary School is a primary school in Bradford for ages 3–11 (community school). Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Home Farm 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, but places ran out in 4 of the 7 earlier years.
- In 2026 Reception entry, 49 first-choice applications for 58 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2026 Reception entry, there were 0.8 first choices per offer, the 24th lowest of 156 Bradford primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th highest 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
- Home Farm Close, Bradford, BD6 3NR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 456 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 17 March 2026
Strengths
- “The school values, including honesty, friendship and resilience, are evident in all that the school does.”
- “Staff and pupils embrace these values wholeheartedly, which they refer to as the 'Home Farm way'.”
- “Pupils and children in the early years are happy and safe.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ attendance, including disadvantaged pupils, remains inconsistent, which affects their ability to benefit fully from the school’s offer”
- “Although improving, their combined outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics remain below national expectations.”
- “At times, errors in pupils’ writing, including handwriting and spelling, are not addressed swiftly enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 April 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) | 57% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 49 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 John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stocks Lane Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Reevy Hill Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Farfield Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Hollingwood Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clayton Village Academy 1.1 mi Not judged
- Brackenhill Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Clayton St John CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published