Dixons Marchbank Primary
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.411 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dixons Marchbank Primary is a primary school in Bradford for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 15 November 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Dixons Marchbank Primary 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 | 0.411 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Reception place in 2026 went to a child living 0.411 miles away, the 10th shortest of 49 Bradford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2019; it swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2020 to 2021.
- Reception 2026 drew 77 first-choice applications for 57 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 20 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Marchbank Road, Barkerend Road, Bradford, BD3 8QQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 479 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 15 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this exceptional school.”
- “Leaders have established an influential vision, underpinned by ‘commitment, enjoyment and teamwork’.”
- “Leaders consistently model these attributes.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 December 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) | 77% | 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: 77 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 57 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.
- Lapage Primary School and Nursery 0.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Killinghall Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Byron Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lift Feversham 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Penny Oaks 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St. Clare's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published