Ilkley Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Ilkley, Bradford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.548 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ilkley Grammar School is a secondary school in Ilkley, Bradford for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 December 2024. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Ilkley Grammar 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 3.548 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 3.548 miles away, the longest of 12 Bradford secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer than in 2025 and about the same as in 2014, having swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026 had 343 first-choice applications for 290 offers; 274 offers went to first-choice families and 69 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 56.5 (England 46).
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
- Cowpasture Road, Ilkley, LS29 8TR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 2,219 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 December 2024
Strengths
- “Ilkley Grammar School is an amazing school.”
- “This is a school where every pupil gets a chance to shine.”
- “Academic success is very high.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 67% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 56.5 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 343 first-preference applications, 290 offers in total, 274 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bradford.
- Bingley Grammar School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Carlton Keighley 5.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 5.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Titus Salt School 5.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beckfoot School 5.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dixons Cottingley Academy 6.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Beckfoot Oakbank 6.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Immanuel College 6.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published