St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.296 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Bradford for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 February 2025. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St John the Evangelist Catholic 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 | 0.296 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 2 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 0.296 miles away, 4th shortest of 49 Bradford primary schools (this one included) with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a place in 3 of the 10 years with a published outcome; the distance swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2019 to 2020.
- For Reception 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 44% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest 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
- Beacon Road, Bradford, BD6 3DQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 197 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy their learning.”
- “The school’s virtues are at the heart of this community.”
- “Pupils are kind and show care towards each other.”
To improve
- “Pupils who are at the early stages of writing do not receive sufficient practice to master the basics, such as letter formation and handwriting.”
- “As a result, pupils struggle to write the sounds they have been taught in phonics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 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) | 44% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 30 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.
- Reevy Hill Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Home Farm Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hollingwood Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stocks Lane Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Farfield Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Brackenhill Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Southmere Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Clayton Village Academy 1.0 mi Not judged