Wilsden Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.509 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wilsden Primary School is a primary school in Bradford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Wilsden 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 | 1.509 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
- For 2026 Reception entry, the last child offered a place lived 1.509 miles away, the 16th longest of 49 Bradford primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 0.91 miles.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2015, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 23 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 20 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd 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
- Tweedy Street, Wilsden, Bradford, BD15 0AE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 265 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 15 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are very happy at this inclusive school.”
- “Pupils enjoy learning, attend regularly and feel safe.”
- “Bullying rarely occurs but when it does, it is dealt with swiftly.”
To improve
- “A small number of pupils do not consistently behave well, and this can sometimes cause low-level disruption to lessons.”
- “On occasion, the work that pupils are asked to complete does not build on their prior knowledge.”
- “When this happens, it slows the progress that pupils make.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 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) | 63% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 20 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.
- Sandy Lane Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Harden Primary School 1.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Cottingley Village Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Myrtle Park Primary 1.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Cullingworth Village Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Denholme Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published