Harden Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Bingley, Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.405 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Harden Primary School is a primary school in Bingley, Bradford for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 5 March 2025. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Harden 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 | 0.405 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 |
And 3 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 Reception place in 2026 lived 0.405 miles away, the shortest of the 10 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 50 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 20 first-choice families (40%) were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026 there were 1.7 first choices per offer, the highest of 156 Bradford primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 89% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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
- Long Lane, Harden, Bingley, BD16 1LJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 212 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 5 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils achieve well and flourish at this caring and inclusive school.”
- “The school has high expectations of the pupils and ensures that they benefit from a broad and rich curriculum.”
- “This is reflected in pupils’ high attainment at the end of key stage 2 in national assessments for reading and mathematics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 2025 (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) | 89% | 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: 50 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Wilsden Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Myrtle Park Primary 1.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Cullingworth Village Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Long Lee Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crossflatts Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.9 mi Standards maintained