Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bingley, Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2020
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2020
2017 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery is a primary school in Bingley, Bradford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 June 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2020 entry.
Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & 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 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bradford.
- Reception 2026 drew 16 first-choice applications for 16 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The share of pupils eligible for free school meals is 24.2%, against a middle figure of 12.6% across 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
- Mornington Road, Bingley, BD16 4JS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 186 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Priestthorpe are happy.”
- “They enjoy coming to school and speak highly of their teachers.”
- “Many pupils are positive about their experience at school.”
To improve
- “For a small number of pupils, the books that they read are not well matched to the sounds that they are learning.”
- “This limits how well some pupils develop fluency in reading.”
- “However, occasionally, some pupils use sexist language on the playground.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 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) | 68% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 16 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.2 mi Standards maintained
- Trinity All Saints CofE VA Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Myrtle Park Primary 0.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Eldwick Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crossflatts Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cottingley Village Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harden Primary School 1.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Saltaire Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published