High Crags Primary Leadership Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Shipley, Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
High Crags Primary Leadership Academy is a primary school in Shipley, Bradford for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2024. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
High Crags Primary Leadership 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- At 42.8%, the share of pupils eligible for free school meals is above the 25.8% middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bradford.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 85 of the 137 other Bradford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 28 first-choice applications for 32 offers: 0.9 first choices per offer, the 30th lowest of 156 Bradford primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 51% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% 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
- Pratt Lane, Shipley, BD18 2ES
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 311 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 June 2024
Strengths
- “This school has high aspirations for its pupils.”
- “Staff teach pupils to treat each other with care and kindness.”
- “The school’s ambition for its pupils is evident through the curriculum they are taught.”
To improve
- “Some pupils do not attend school regularly enough.”
- “The support for some older pupils is not as closely targeted to their needs as it could be.”
- “The school is aware that some pupils do not attend school regularly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 2024 (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) | 51% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 28 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.
- Shipley CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Low Ash Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Frizinghall Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church Church of England Academy 0.5 mi Good
- St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wycliffe CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained
- Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published