Margaret McMillan Primary School
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
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Margaret McMillan Primary School is a primary school in Bradford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Margaret McMillan 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 applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as at 85 of the 137 other Bradford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2 of the 9 Reception years before 2026, places ran out and a last distance was published.
- In 2026, Reception had 49 first-choice applications for 50 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 55% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd 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
- Scotchman Road, Heaton, Margaret McMillan Primary School, Bradford, BD9 5DF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 553 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “The school is friendly and welcoming.”
- “Pupils learn in a calm and nurturing environment.”
- “All at the school want pupils to do well in various aspects of school life.”
To improve
- “However, teachers’ checks on pupils’ learning in some curriculum subjects are not as effective as they are in others.”
- “The school cannot be certain that all pupils are making the best possible progress in some subjects.”
- “However, the quality of some pupils’ written work is affected by weaknesses in their knowledge of grammar and punctuation.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 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) | 55% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 49 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.
- Carlton Mills 0.1 mi Good
- St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Lilycroft Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lady Royd Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Girlington Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Westbourne Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published