Drighlington Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Bradford, Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Drighlington Primary School is a primary school in Bradford, Leeds for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 12 June 2024. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Drighlington 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 8 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, but places ran out in 4 of the 10 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 52 first-choice applications for 54 offers, and 13 of the 91 applications (14%) came from families outside Leeds, who received 6 offers.
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Requires improvement (12 June 2024); among the 8 nearest primary schools in Leeds, 3 are Good, 1 Requires improvement and 4 have no current grade.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leeds schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Moorland Road, Drighlington, Bradford, BD11 1JY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 396 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 12 June 2024
Strengths
- “Drighlington Primary School is an inclusive school where staff care about the pupils.”
- “Pupils are confident and happy and attend well.”
- “They are polite and courteous to adults and one another.”
To improve
- “Pupils are safe in school, although some pupils do not always feel safe.”
- “Sometimes pupils are unkind to each other.”
- “However, due to historic weaknesses in some areas of the curriculum, some pupils have gaps in their learning that have not been fully addressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 July 2024 (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) | 53% | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 52 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 Leeds.
- Birchfield Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gildersome Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Asquith Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, Morley 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Morley Victoria Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fountain Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southroyd Primary and Nursery School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Churwell Primary Academy 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published