Whetley Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Whetley Academy is a primary school in Bradford for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 September 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Whetley Academy 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 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 85 of the 137 other Bradford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026, there were 29 first-choice applications for 29 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 28.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.9 across 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
- Whetley Lane, Girlington, Bradford, BD8 9HZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 387 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 September 2023
Strengths
- “Whetley Academy is a diverse, inclusive and caring school.”
- “Leaders place the highest priority on the well-being and safety of everyone in the school community.”
- “Staff know pupils well and use this knowledge to support pupils’ welfare.”
To improve
- “In some foundation curriculum subjects, teachers do not consistently use assessment well enough to check precisely that pupils fully understand prior content before they are introduced to more complex tasks.”
- “This means that some pupils do not develop the knowledge the school intends.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 November 2023 (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) | 50% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- Girlington Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St William's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lilycroft Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Miriam Lord Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Iqra Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Atlas Community Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lady Royd Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published