St Philip's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
St Philip's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bradford for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Philip's CofE 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 3 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, though places ran out in 5 of the 9 earlier Reception years; the biggest swing came between 2015 and 2016.
- Reception 2026 had 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, 1.0 per offer, the 38th highest of 156 Bradford primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% 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
- Whitby Terrace, Girlington, Bradford, BD8 9JL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 June 2023
Strengths
- “Staff create an environment at St Philip’s CofE Primary school where pupils are polite and welcoming.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and feel that it is a safe place to be.”
- “Leaders are passionate that pupils should get the best possible preparation for the next stage of their education and for life.”
To improve
- “However, there are aspects of the computing curriculum where pupils are less secure with their knowledge.”
- “This is because the curriculum has not been taught as leaders intended.”
- “This can be where teachers’ subject knowledge is less secure or when there are not the devices or technology available to deliver the intended curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 July 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) | 70% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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.
- Whetley Academy 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Girlington Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Lilycroft Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Miriam Lord Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Carlton Mills 0.4 mi Good
- St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Iqra Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Westbourne Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published