Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Bradford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 December 2024. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery 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 2 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, but places ran out in 4 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 drew 52 first-choice applications for 55 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 42% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bradford.
- Its last graded Ofsted outcome was Requires improvement (18 October 2022); the latest outcome, from 17 December 2024, was Not judged.
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
- Garforth Street, Allerton, Bradford, BD15 7HB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 426 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive because of the high-quality education that they receive.”
- “The school’s high ambition for all pupils, particularly those who are disadvantaged, is at the heart of everything it does.”
- “The school gives pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those who are disadvantaged the highest priority.”
To improve
- “In some other subjects, these strategies are less well established.”
- “When this is the case, some pupils do not build aspects of their knowledge as deeply.”
- “However, when some pupils make mistakes in their work, these are not consistently addressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 January 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) | 42% | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 52 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.
- Ley Top Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Academy At St. James 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandy Lane Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Beckfoot Heaton Primary 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Crossley Hall Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Lady Royd Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Clayton St John CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published