Lees Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Keighley, Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.276 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lees Primary School is a primary school in Keighley, Bradford for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 November 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Lees 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 | 1.276 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
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.276 miles away, the 19th longest of 49 Bradford primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.91 miles).
- The Reception 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and nearer than in 2015.
- In Reception 2026 there were 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 79% 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
- Haworth Road, Cross Roads, Keighley, BD22 9DL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 217 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to attend this friendly and welcoming school.”
- “They wear their smart school uniforms with pride.”
- “Pupils confidently share any worries or concerns with their teachers.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, leaders have not set out in sufficient detail the knowledge pupils need to learn and remember.”
- “The school’s plans to extend this wider curriculum offer are not fully realised.”
- “This means that pupils do not have a breadth of opportunities to develop their skills and talents beyond the academic curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 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) | 79% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Haworth Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oakworth Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Worth Valley Primary School 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Ingrow Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cullingworth Village Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beckfoot Nessfield 1.7 mi Not judged
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained
- Oxenhope CofE Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published